Setra Turns 60, Sells 100,000th Bus
16 May 2011, 06:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a strange coincidence, 2011 is for German auto group Daimler a year of great importance. Some of its most important brands (Mercedes-Benz, Unimog and Setra) are celebrating their milestone annive...
Daimler's Q1 EBIT Jumps by 71 Percent
29 Apr 2011, 06:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The financial figures for the first quarter of the year, posted today by German auto group Daimler, are more than enough to please all those involved in the business. The Germans managed in the firs...
Unimog, 60 Years of an Ugly, Extreme Machine
29 Apr 2011, 06:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Indestructible. This is the term that is commonly associated with Unimog, a type of vehicle that has given new definitions for the words “extreme” and “versatility.” On this ...
Daimler-BYD EV Enters Prototype Stage
19 Apr 2011, 09:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Less than a year since German group Daimler struck a deal with Chinese automaker BYD for the creation of an electric vehicle for the Chinese market, news of the collaboration between the two was mad...
Car Sharing Service Cuts 60 Million Pounds of CO2 Last Year
18 Apr 2011, 07:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Car sharing is, if you like, a simplified car rental service. One that, for all intents and purposes, is catching on, rapidly, fueling its hunger on the need for less emissions and, equally as impor...
Tognum Calls Daimler Takeover Bid "Not Appropriate"
18 Apr 2011, 07:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What was described as being the deal of the decade, the takeover offer made by the consortium made up of Daimler AG and Rolls Royce to German industrial concern Tognum was hit by an unforeseen respo...
Daimler Presents Action Plan for the Decade
13 Apr 2011, 08:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking advantage of the Annual General Meeting in Berlin, on Wednesday German manufacturer Daimler presented what it calls the “360 Degrees – Facts on Sustainability” report, a ser...
Daimler and Bosch to Form Electric Motors JV
12 Apr 2011, 08:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Daimler AG announced today it has selected automotive supplier Robert Bosch GmbH as its partner in the development and production of electric motors for all-electric vehicles in Europe. The companie...
Daimler Sends 50 Vehicles to Support Japan Relief
12 Apr 2011, 07:34 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aside from the €2 million cash donation it has sent shortly after the quake and tsunami hit Japan, Daimler has now announced it is donating 50 vehicles worth about €4 million to Nippon Fou...
car2go Turns Electric in Amsterdam
11 Apr 2011, 14:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fight which is about to ensue between German manufactures Daimler and BMW on the car sharing front is entering a new stage this week, after the Stuttgart-based car maker announced its next offen...
Daimler, Rolls Launch Offer for Tognum
6 Apr 2011, 10:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the announcement made at the beginning of March regarding the bid to take over the German industrial concern Tognum, Daimler and Rolls-Royce made public today their offer for the takeover....
Daimler Sets First Quarter Sales Record in the US
4 Apr 2011, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Only one major German auto maker has been missing until now for us to have a pretty good image of what went on on the US market in March, after Audi, Volkswagen and BMW posted their sales figures: D...
Daimler Buses' Sales Grow in 2010
31 Mar 2011, 12:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the performance figures for the buses division released on Thursday, the image of German auto group Daimler is now complete: 2010 has been, for all intents and purposes, a great year to sell, o...
Marcus Breitschwerdt Appointed President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz UK
28 Mar 2011, 16:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mercedes-Benz UK division appointed a new President and CEO, in the person of Marcus Breitschwerdt, with the executive set to fill in his new position from April 1st. Breitschwerdt, who is currently...
Daimler to Manufacture Trucks and Buses in Algeria
23 Mar 2011, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The expansion of the production lines of German auto maker Daimler into markets that provide a better economic environment was crowned today by the announcement regarding a new assembly facility whi...
Electric smart to Use ClipperCreek Charge Cords
22 Mar 2011, 06:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As German auto maker Daimler is getting ready to roll out in big numbers the electric version of the smart model, the final touches and detailing is being made to ensure the smooth roll out and pote...
Daimler Rewards Its Best Suppliers
18 Mar 2011, 14:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The new year started some three good months ago, but this is not stopping the big names in the automotive industry to go back and visit the amazing year that was 2010 for one last time; not to tell ...
Daimler Trucks on the Road to New Heights
18 Mar 2011, 13:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The increasing sales and revenue reported by the German group Daimler for last year are not only the merit of the passenger cars division. One another important business in the group, trucks, also c...
Daimler Contributes EUR2 Million to Japan Relief
18 Mar 2011, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After on Thursday German auto maker BMW was the first European company from the automotive industry to announce a contribution to the worldwide efforts made to help Japan, the week ends with more gl...
Fuso Canter to Sell in the US
16 Mar 2011, 11:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The need to make the full out of all the markets at its disposal has determined German group Daimler to sell, for the first time in history, the Fuso Canter line of light trucks outside Japan. Produ...