Daimler AG

Daimler is planning a fundamental change to its corporate structure. The Supervisory Board and Board of Management have decided to evaluate a spin-off of the Truck & Bus business and to begin preparations for an independent stock market listing of Daimler Truck.

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Heavy-duty tractor units such as the Mercedes-Benz Actros SLT are used to transport oversized and heavy components or machinery. The 500th Mercedes-Benz SLT tractor unit based on the current Actros was handed over to TSB Transport-Service Beitinger in Gundelfingen, Swabia.

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Farewell to Stefan Buchner: After 36 years in various management positions in the Daimler Group, the member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks is retiring on September 30, 2020.

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Truck manufacturer Daimler Trucks recently presented its technology strategy for the electrification of its vehicles, from urban distribution to international long-distance transportation.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses is celebrating another milestone on the way to electrifying its vehicle portfolio: Customers worldwide have already covered over seven million kilometers locally_CO2-neutral with battery-electric trucks and buses.

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DB Schenker is the first customer in the second test phase in Germany to take delivery of a battery-electric eActros from the so-called "innovation fleet".

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Daimler Truck AG is driving forward the series production of fuel cells with Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co. KG. The Stuttgart-based company is now transferring newly developed manufacturing methods and processes - in close coordination with its colleagues in Vancouver, Canada, as well as with ongoing fuel cell development activities - into the direct preliminary stage of future series production.

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Brandenburg's Minister President Dietmar Woidke visited the Mercedes-Benz plant in Ludwigsfelde and gained an insight into the new normality under corona conditions in Sprinter production.

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Dr. Wolfgang Bartels will become the new Chief Compliance Officer at Daimler on July 1, 2020 and will thus also take over the management of the Compliance department.

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Karin Rådström has been appointed member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG with responsibility for Mercedes-Benz Trucks with effect from May 1, 2021.

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On April 23, Dr. Matthias Jurytko, site manager of the Mercedes-Benz truck plant in Wörth, handed over a total of 2,500 face shields to Dr. Volker Wissing, Minister of Economics and Transport and Deputy Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Daimler AG's 2019 Sustainability Report was published on April 22 under the title "SpurWechsel". The name SpurWechsel says it all. It is about the sustainable transformation of Daimler.

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The 42nd Annual General Meeting of the BVL took place under changed conditions due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Elections were nevertheless held, including six new Board members.

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Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), the Indian commercial vehicle subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, concluded a major order in India with the delivery of 120 BharatBenz trucks.

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Together with e-truck customers, power grid operators, energy suppliers, charging hardware manufacturers and charging software providers, Daimler Trucks is establishing a network for joint infrastructure solutions. The "eTruck Charging" initiative will initially focus on truck depots and is intended to make it easier for truck customers to get started with e-mobility.

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The fuel consumption of the Actros has been further reduced in recent decades. Aerodynamics is one of the most important levers here.

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Daimler Trucks closed 2019 with earnings of 2.5 billion euros, a decline of eleven percent as expected. Sales were nevertheless above the previous year's level.

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After one and a half years of construction, Mercedes-Benz has officially opened its expanded development and test center at the Wörth site in the Palatinate.

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Commercial vehicle trade journalists from 24 European countries voted the Mercedes-Benz Actros the best truck of the year for the fifth time.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses aims to offer only new vehicles in the triad markets of Europe, Japan and NAFTA by 2039 that are carbon dioxide-neutral in operation ("tank-to-wheel").

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This week, around 1,900 young people started their careers at more than 50 Daimler locations. The young people were able to choose from more than 30 apprenticeships and 15 dual study programs.

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According to the company, the FUSO eCanter is the first light truck in small series production. Around 150 vehicles are now being used by customers worldwide. After around two years, the fleet in customer use has reached the mark of one million locally emission-free kilometers.

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With the chark project, the corporate start-up Lab1886 is making it possible to deliver online orders directly to parked cars. The pilot project has already been successfully tested in a beta phase in Stuttgart.

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Trucks that communicate independently with other machines and carry out legally binding transactions - this vision of the future is getting closer. With the Truck-ID and the associated Truck Wallet, experts from Daimler Trucks have now created the necessary conditions for this as part of a pilot project.

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The eActros is proving its worth in all-electric delivery transport at Logistik Schmitt: the 25-tonne truck is used for shuttle services between the Logistik Schmitt warehouse in Ötigheim and the Rastatt section of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Gaggenau.

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Bosch and Daimler receive approval from the authorities in Baden-Württemberg for the automated parking system in the Mercedes-Benz Museum parking garage in Stuttgart. The automated drive-up and parking service works via a smartphone app and without a safety driver.

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The 50,000th vehicle found a new owner shortly before the fourth anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz Vans used van brand "Junge Sterne Transporter".

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The Nagel-Group is starting the practical test of the Mercedes-Benz eActros in Hamburg. The all-electric truck is now delivering chilled food for the food logistics company in the Hanseatic city.

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks has handed over a locally emission-free eActros to logistics service provider Dachser. The all-electric 18-ton truck complements the company's vehicle fleet for use in the Stuttgart area.

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Mercedes-Benz launched series production of the new Actros at the assembly plant in Wörth with a sapphire blue Actros 1851 LS 4x2.

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The Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth has reached a milestone: the 750,000th truck kit recently left the plant for its journey to South Africa. The truck components manufactured in Wörth have been sent to international assembly plants for assembly since 1966.

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DB Schenker and the Daimler subsidiary FUSO are further expanding their cooperation in the field of e-trucks. In March, DB Schenker took delivery of four additional FUSO eCanter trucks for urban distribution transport in Paris, Frankfurt and the Stuttgart area.

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The Supervisory Board and Board of Management of Daimler AG have reached an agreement on the future appointments to the boards of Mercedes-Benz AG and Daimler Truck AG.

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Research and industry are working hard to redesign the power supply for industrial systems via a smart, open DC grid. The article describes the challenges of the 'DC Industry' project and the system specification developed so far.

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Driverless, autonomous and electrically powered - this is how commercial vehicles should roll into the mobile future. The CES electronics trade fair in Las Vegas serves these visions, says LT-manager author Oliver Willms.

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On the occasion of the opening of the Hermes logistics center in Hamburg, the first 20 eVito series production vehicles and the first eight eSprinter pilot vehicles from Mercedes-Benz Vans were handed over to Hermes Germany.

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An Airbus A 320 flying low through Germany at night: a spectacular heavy haulage operation with an Actros SLT heavy-duty tractor unit from Mercedes-Benz drove through Germany and attracted a great deal of attention everywhere it went.

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Daimler has trimmed its best-selling Actros model for the future. Camera exterior mirrors, a digital cockpit, electro-hydraulic steering and the first semi-autonomous driving mode in a heavy truck make the flagship fit for the future. Can analog drivers still keep up?

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Daimler Trucks recorded one of the best sales years in its history in 2018. With well over 500,000 trucks, the company achieved its highest sales level in 10 years. After just eleven months, the company's deliveries in 2018 were already 11 percent above the previous year's level.

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Glassdoor - the American equivalent of Kununu - has identified the best employers in Germany for 2019, based on anonymous feedback from employees over the past twelve months.

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The Board of Management and Supervisory Board of Daimler AG have given their approval to the new Group structure of Daimler AG. Initial preparations were already made in 2017 in order to merge the passenger car and van business and...

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By 2030, every second job in drive technology for passenger cars could be directly or indirectly affected by electromobility. This is the conclusion of a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO).

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The New Zealand-based company Kitty Hawk has unveiled the 'Cora' air cab. It should be able to fly autonomously and reach a top speed of 177 km/h. The aircraft is due to take off in New Zealand in three years' time.

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IBM wants to drive quantum research forward together with industry and has also gained Daimler as a partner. The automotive group wants to research how quantum technology can be used to develop potential applications for the automotive industry.

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Under the name 'Ionity GmbH', the automotive industry wants to get down to business when it comes to e-car charging stations. The planned Europe-wide charging network is set to take shape by the end of 2017. The companies want to take away the public's "range anxiety" about electric vehicles.

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Mercedes Benz Vans wants to fully digitalize its production worldwide by 2025 - and has now reached a milestone with the introduction of RFID technology.

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Time and again, German car manufacturers have been accused of missing out on trends. Even self-driving robot cars tend to be associated with American tech giants. However, most patents are held by German companies.

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Equipped with a new sensor concept and robust localization, the Mercedes-Benz Future Bus started its 20-km test drive in July 2016. The Research Center for Information Technology (FZI) has now announced details of the technical implementation.

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Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia and Qualcomm have now founded the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA). The association is open to further partners.

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