Daimler Adds 1,200 Positions in Ramp-up of Truck Production in North America
Freitag, 13.Januar 2012Daimler Trucks North America today announced the addition of a second shift and plans to ramp up production at its Freightliner Truck Manufacturing Plant in Cleveland, N.C. This will result in the creation of 1,200 new jobs, including 100 at the nearby DTNA Components and Logistics Plant in Gastonia, N.C.
The additional workers will increase personnel [...]
Daimler and Google deepen strategic partnership
Donnerstag, 12.Januar 2012Today at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Daimler and Google announced a deepening of their strategic partnership to provide Daimler with access to the suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) known as Google Maps API for Business for the use of cloud-based, map-related applications in Daimler vehicles and early access to other new APIs [...]
Daimler and Nissan to produce engines together in North America
Sonntag, 8.Januar 2012In the latest step forward in the collaboration of Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Nissan’s Decherd, Tenn., plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz starting in 2014.
Daimler and Nissan will produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines together at Nissan’s powertrain assembly plant in Decherd, Tenn. Production will begin in 2014, with installed capacity [...]
Daimler Reveals Its First Truck “Made in India”
Mittwoch, 4.Januar 2012At a sneak preview for selected Indian journalists, Daimler Truck’s subsidiary Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) revealed the new BharatBenz brand heavy-duty truck today.
With its first-ever truck “Made in India”, BharatBenz will enter the promising Indian market for medium heavy-duty and heavy-duty commercial vehicles. India has become the world’s third-largest truck market in recent [...]
Joint venture between Daimler and BYD to reveal Design Concept Car at Auto China 2012 in Beijing
Dienstag, 22.November 2011The 50:50 R&D Joint Venture between Daimler AG and BYD Company Limited, Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co. Ltd. (BDNT), is going to show a Design Concept of the future joint venture electric vehicle to the public for the first time during next year’s Auto China in Beijing.
In April 2012, BDNT will be present at [...]
Daimler and BAIC sign Letter of Intent to further deepen Strategic Partnership
Donnerstag, 3.November 2011Daimler AG and its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd. (BAIC) today signed a Letter of Intent in Stuttgart, which will further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between these two companies.
The Letter of Intent was signed by Xu Heyi, Chairman of BAIC, Han Yonggui, President of BAIC, Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber, Head of Group [...]
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter: Start of Production in China at Fujian Daimler Automotive (FJDA)
Montag, 31.Oktober 2011The production line roll-off event for the first locally produced Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van was held at the Fujian Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd (FJDA) plant in the end of October.
“At Mercedes-Benz Vans we are consistently pursuing a worldwide growth strategy and putting our motto into practice every day: Mercedes-Benz Vans goes global! In China we are [...]
Combined Charging: The universal charging system for electric vehicles jointly demonstrated by German vehicles manufactures for the first time
Dienstag, 11.Oktober 2011The German vehicle manufactures Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche, and Volkswagen are going to present the Combined Charging System at the 15th International VDI-Congress and Exhibition “Electronic Systems for Motor Vehicles” from 2011-10-12/13 for the first time.
The Combined Charging System has been developed in close cooperation with the American vehicle manufacturers Ford and General Motors [...]
Daimler research team nominated for the “Deutscher Zukunftspreis” awarded by the Federal President
Dienstag, 30.August 2011The “Deutscher Zukunftspreis”, or German Future Prize, is the Federal President’s prize for technology and innovation and is acknowledged as the country’s most prestigious award for technical and scientific innovations.
In the anniversary year of the automobile, a team from Daimler is again among the three teams of researchers nominated for the prize by Federal [...]
Daimler and Rolls Royce joint venture secures 95 percent of Tognum’s shares
Donnerstag, 11.August 2011Daimler AG and Rolls-Royce Group plc have acquired additional shares in Tognum AG equivalent to 0.83 percent of its equity.
Upon completion of the public tender offer, the two companies will have acquired at least 95 percent of Tognum’s shares through their joint venture, Engine Holding GmbH. Reaching the 95-percent threshold represents another milestone for [...]
Compact and reasonably-priced: Groundbreaking projects after the Second World War
Samstag, 6.August 2011After the Second World War, passenger car production commenced with the successful 170 V model, initially as an ambulance, police patrol car and delivery van. In July 1947, production of the Saloon variant also recommenced. At the same time a number of completely new vehicles were designed, some of which were very unusual creations. In [...]
Daimler and Bosch to establish joint venture for electric motors
Dienstag, 12.April 2011Daimler AG and Robert Bosch GmbH plan to expand their long-standing partnership and cooperate in the development and production of electric motors for all-electric vehicles in Europe. The companies have signed a letter of intent and begun negotiations to establish a 50:50 joint venture that should be concluded in the first half of 2011.
Both companies [...]
Daimler Trucks North America celebrates recent successes at the Mid-America Trucking Show
Donnerstag, 31.März 2011The U.S. economy is recovering better than was expected a few months ago, and truck markets in the NAFTA region recorded double-digit growth in 2010 (+15.1 percent). This growth is also reflected in the results at Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), which saw figures at DTNA improve greatly last year, to 79,382 units (2009: 63,558 [...]
Daimler emerges from Image Awards with the most successful brands
Sonntag, 27.Februar 2011Daimler AG’s commercial vehicle brands have achieved an outstanding showing in this year’s Image Awards from VerkehrsRundschau, the renowned specialist magazine for the transport and logistics sector. Daimler brands took first place in five of the six category rankings in which they were assessed.
In four categories, the company even scooped a double victory to [...]
125! Years Inventor of the Automobile – Happy Birthday
Samstag, 29.Januar 2011Happy Birthday!
At night in the Mercedes-Benz Museum. See a chorus of horns with a difference.
Source: Mercedes-Benz
Daimler AG expands mobile internet offering
Mittwoch, 26.Januar 2011Daimler AG is expanding its mobile internet offering. The group website for mobile devices has been completely revised and has now been made fully accessible to those on the move with expanded content.
But new content is not the only addition to the site: it has also been given a new user-friendly look and feel, [...]
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