Daimler to Use Siemens CAD
25 Nov 2010, 15:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the biggest carmakers in the world, Daimler, announced today its decision to use Siemens sourced computer aided design software, instead of the one supplied by Dassault. The Siemens software...
German Carmakers Shorten Christmas Breaks
23 Nov 2010, 14:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The bad news for German auto workers is that this year, their Christmas breaks will be shortened. The good news is that they will be payed more for their increased efforts. The rebound on the automo...
Daimler to Build Carbon Fiber Plant
22 Nov 2010, 13:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The race in the field of the so called carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) industry is on between German manufacturers Daimler and BMW. After the latter already announced the construction of a CF...
Scania and MAN Considering Merger
19 Nov 2010, 15:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The two companies have acknowledged that they are indeed in merger talks. Der Speigel reported that Volkswagen, which has a controlling stake in Scania and minority holding in MAN, wants to use the ...
Daimler Financial Services Changes Its Name
15 Nov 2010, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Daimler announced today it has decided to change the name of its financial arm in the US from Daimler Financial Services to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA. The change w...
New Gen Fuso Canter Unveiled
12 Nov 2010, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Daimler's Asian subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) today pulled the wraps off the new generation of one of their most successful models, the Fuso Canter, eight years a...
Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid Goes CHIC
10 Nov 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The adoption of alternative propulsion means that the world of mass transportation is gaining speed, mostly thanks to a handful of manufacturers who relentlessly promote hybrid buses. Perhaps the mo...
Daimler Ups EBIT Target. Again
29 Oct 2010, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things are going extremely well for German manufacturer Daimler, we reckon. In less than four months, the group increased its EBIT target for 2010 twice, the first time to EUR6 billion ($8.33) back ...
Daimler Releases New TECHNICITY Magazine
26 Oct 2010, 15:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Daimler has released the second issue of its TECHNICITY technology and innovation magazine. This brings together multiple research and development aspects, also including topics that are independent...
Daimler and Europcar Bring car2go to Hamburg
18 Oct 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Hamburg is the first city in which car2go is being introduced as part of the planned international market launch, Daimler announced today. The launch is scheduled for the end of the first quarter in...
Second car2gether Program Begins in Germany
8 Oct 2010, 08:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The lateral thinking of German manufacturer Daimler's employees is slowly beginning to show results. Two months after the carmaker announced the start of a new version of the car sharing progra...
Mercedes Driving Simulator Ready to Go
6 Oct 2010, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new breed of driving simulators came online today at Daimler's Sindelfingen location, with the first drive into the virtual world being taken by two company and state officials, Thomas Weber ...
2010 Paris Auto Show: smart fortwo Electric Drive · Live Photos
1 Oct 2010, 07:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having failed to impress the world “as is” in recent years, Daimler's brand smart is trying a new approach, one which just might, in the future, bring it the sales figures the Germa...
Daimler Board to Expand with Integrity and Legal Position
28 Sep 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German automaker Daimler AG announced today its plans of creating a new Board of Management position for "Integrity and Legal." It appears the new position will be filled externally, and t...
Daimler Trucks to Return to Profit
21 Sep 2010, 09:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being one of, if not the largest truck manufacturer in the world, Daimler Trucks felt the full force of the economic meltdown of 2009. With the truck market dropping to half in the terrible year tha...
Daimler Rushes to Build More EVs
14 Sep 2010, 12:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the new emission limits for the car manufacturers' fleets are getting more and more hard to meet, almost the entire automotive industry is caught up in a frantic search for solutions. One of...
car2gether, the Next Gen car2go
6 Sep 2010, 15:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Word play continues at Daimler's headquarters, with the launch of a new car sharing initiative dubbed car2gether. This is after for the past two years or so the German manufacturer was busy adv...
The Maybach Return
6 Sep 2010, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although the Maybach brand hasn't really gone anywhere, it kinda disappeared from the automotive scene in terms of new models released. Except for a minor nip'n'tuck done to the range...
Daimler Launches New FleetBoard Products
1 Sep 2010, 15:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At the recent IAA Commercial Vehicles fair in Hanover, Daimler FleetBoard presented its latest products, designed for industry-specific transport processes and enhanced fleet productivity. For examp...
Twenty BMWs Coming in Five Years
27 Aug 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturers seem to be determined to flood the market with new models in the years to come. As if somebody gathered BMW, Mercedes and Audi executives in one place and told them “stren...