Daimler is planning to invest more than €7bn over the next two years on green powertrain technologies, including a plug-in hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The company will invest €14.5bn in research and development ...
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Nikola Motor Company founder and CEO Trevor Milton announced that the company received $2.3bn in reservations in the first month. This adds up to more than 7,000 truck reservations with deposits. The company announced last month that it ...
Production of the long-wheelbase version of the all new Mercedes-Benz E-Class in China has started. The vehicles are flexibly manufactured at the Chinese joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC) on the same line as the ...
German automotive firm Daimler is planning to invest about €500m in a new engine production facility in Poland. The facility, which will be situated in Jawor, around 70km west of Wroclaw, will be Mercedes-Benz Cars' first in Poland. ...
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Daimler is planning to invest €580m in its Mercedes-Benz plant in Kecskemet, Hungary. The facility, which started operation in 2012, will produce the next generation of compact cars. Daimler has so far invested about €1bn ...
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Daimler has partnered with Stuttgart Municipality of Germany and logistics company Hermes for long term testing under day-to-day city traffic. The electric trucks were produced under Fuso brand and they will be tested for one year. For ...
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German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will invest €170m for expansion and modernisation of its Kuppenheim press shop. The investment will also create 200 additional jobs at the press shop. Kuppenheim press ...
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Three connected and autonomous Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks have completed a cross-border trip from Stuttgart to Rotterdam, to demonstrate that platooning helps in saving fuel and reducing harmful emissions. The move is aimed at ...
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Daimler has begun production of its 9G-TRONIC nine-speed automatic transmission at its Sebes factory in Romania. The production is being handled by its Romanian subsidiary Star Assembly. The German luxury car-maker has invested about ...
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Fully-functional self-driving vehicles may still take time to hit the roads but customers in the UK are buying cars with self-activating safety systems. A recent study conducted by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) ...
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Mercedes-Benz has started local vehicle production in Brazil with a new plant in Iracemápolis. The site was officially opened in the presence of guests from politics, industry and society. Mercedes-Benz has started production at ...
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Mercedes-Benz introduces its V-Class multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) in China, which has been tailored to the needs of Chinese customers. Production at Daimler's local joint venture Fujian Benz Automotive Co. Ltd (FBAC) in Fuzhou has already ...
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Mercedes-Benz Style has joined hands with Italian light design company Artemide and the two companies will showcase their latest product at the “Light + Building” trade fair in Frankfurt. It embodies the Mercedes-Benz design ...
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German luxury carmaker Daimler has unveiled Mercedes-AMG E 43 4MATIC, its high-performance variant of the new E-Class. The new luxury sedan will make its world premiere at the New York International Auto Show in March 2016. It will ...
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At its Kassel plant, Mercedes-Benz has produced its 100,000 IPS axles for Mercedes-Benz trucks. IPS is a German shortcut and means Induction Pressure Welding. The technology enables for the first time to weld steel and casting parts with ...
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