The new Mercedes-Benz Antos – the heavy-duty short-radius distribution truck
Donnerstag, 10.Mai 2012Mercedes-Benz will soon be extending its family of trucks by a new member, the new Mercedes-Benz Antos – a model series designed specifically for heavy-duty short-radius distribution transport use.
The vehicles are currently demonstrating their capability in camouflaged guise, but the covers will come off for the Commercial Vehicle IAA in September and the start [...]
Daimler opens new Production Plant in Chennai for Indian BharatBenz Trucks
Montag, 23.April 2012Last week Daimler inaugurated his new 160 ha manufacturing plant in Oragadam near Chennai, by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Selvi J. Jayalalithaa together with Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management Daimler AG.
The plant is one of only three Daimler truck plants worldwide to combine truck assembly and components production at one [...]
Novelty and Tradition Meet at North America’s Largest CV Show: Daimler Presents the Detroit Component Brand and Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the Freightliner Truck Brand
Freitag, 23.März 2012At North America’s biggest commercial vehicle exhibition, the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), Daimler Trucks North America is presenting its full range of optimally aligned commercial vehicle powertrain components – individually developed and produced by DTNA – for the first time.
Engines, transmissions, and axles will be offered in all DTNA trucks under the Detroit brand [...]
Best Goods for Turkish Fruit Wholesale Merchant: 150 Mercedes-Benz Trucks for Delivery of Fresh Citrus Fruits
Mittwoch, 18.Januar 2012Daimler’s subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Türk has reeled in another major sale. By placing an order for 150 Mercedes-Benz Actros 1844 LS trucks, Turkish fruit and vegetable wholesaler Cekok Gida continues to put its trust in the dependability of Mercedes-Benz trucks.
The food company relies primarily on Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks, which make up about 90 percent of [...]
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 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 [...]
Ten Mercedes-Benz Atego Hybrid trucks handed over to Deutsche Post DHL
Samstag, 10.Dezember 2011Daimler AG handed over ten Mercedes-Benz Atego BlueTec Hybrid vehicles to DP Fleet GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL, at the manufacturer’s Wörth plant today.
The vehicles will be deployed throughout Germany in the mail and freight segments. The trucks assigned to DHL’s freight operations will operate in Wustermark and Hamburg, while the five [...]
First new “Euro VI” Mercedes-Benz Actros delivered to France
Dienstag, 25.Oktober 2011The first Actros Euro VI was handed over to the Transalliance transport company today as part of a major order for over 500 Mercedes-Benz trucks.
Ulrich Bastert, head of sales at Mercedes-Benz Trucks, handed over the vehicle to Alexandre Michel, owner and CEO of the Transalliance Group, in Wörth today. “There is a good, long-standing [...]
New heavy-duty Actros truck: The Mercedes-Benz among trucks
Montag, 19.September 2011Its looks have been optimised in the wind tunnel, its technology and engineering are masterful and its cab is a unique combination of workplace and home from home:
the new Mercedes-Benz Actros is the new benchmark for premium-class trucks. It reconciles high performance with low fuel consumption, its emissions are lower in pollutants than any [...]
The new Mercedes-Benz Actros: the very definition of a premium long-distance truck
Montag, 4.Juli 2011Brimming with innovation and emotion. Easier on the environment than other trucks. Aiming for the very top in terms of comfort, driving dynamics and economy. Boasting outstanding material and build quality as well as the lowest overall costs. Not to mention irresistibly good looks.
Yet for all these superlatives, the most important aspect for those [...]
The new Actros for long-distance haulage is ready to order
Dienstag, 21.Juni 2011With a total investment of more than €1 billion for the vehicle’s complete development, the new Mercedes-Benz Actros is the first truck to hit the road with a design that’s consistently in line with Euro VI requirements. In addition, more than €1 billion was invested in production locations and equipment and tools for the model. [...]
TRUCKERMANIA – For the 9th time, we are looking for the best truck driver in the international FleetBoard Drivers’ League
Sonntag, 1.Mai 2011TRUCKERMANIA! The FleetBoard Drivers’ League is on the starting grid once again. Thousands of Mercedes-Benz truck drivers from around the world will demonstrate their preventative and environmentally conscious driving skills in their daily work with FleetBoard. Registration for the traditional FleetBoard Drivers League is open from May 1st-31st, 2011 at www.driversleague.com. The best drivers from [...]
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 [...]
Blue Efficiency Power: the new generation of heavy-duty engines from Mercedes-Benz for economic running, environmental compatibility and efficiency
Sonntag, 27.März 2011Daimler Trucks ushers in a new era: the launch of the Mercedes-Benz OM 47x, under the name “Blue Efficiency Power”, heralds the arrival of a completely redesigned range of heavy-duty engines that sets a new benchmark in so many ways. The Blue Efficiency Power generation of Mercedes-Benz engines has been specifically developed for use in [...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic: Mercedes-Benz – at the forefront of automated truck transmissions
Freitag, 17.Dezember 2010It was two things mainly which in 1985 set Mercedes-Benz on course towards the truck of the future. They were the new OM 442 A and OM 442 LA engines and the new EPS gearshift mechanism. The abbreviation initially stood for ‘electro-pneumatic gearshift system’ and subsequently for ‘Electronic Power Shift’.
These two elements, the engines [...]
Still the only one of its kind: ten years of the Application Information Centre
Montag, 6.Dezember 2010Among the fleet managers of haulage operators and local authorities, the Application Information Centre at the Mercedes-Benz Wörth plant has long been known as a Mecca for the commercial vehicle sector.
Today, ten years after it was established, its reputation reaches far beyond the borders of Germany. Some 13,000 visitors come each year to the BIC [...]
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