Dow Jones Newswires: Mercedes-Benz says electric-vehicle sales in passenger cars division more than doubled in 2022.

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Battery electric-vehicle sales surged to 117,800 units from 52,500 in 2021. Such sales more than doubled in the last quarter of the year to 42,400 units.