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Car companies attempt to revive interest in fuel cells
Honda’s FCX Clarity FCEV has been on European roads since 2009 (Photo: Honda) Four automakers on Thursday attempted to revive public interest in fuel-cell technology with the start of a one-month long...
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Daimler buys minority stake in online booking company
Daimler hopes tiramizoo will help broaden its new-mobility product offerings (Photo: tiramizoo) Daimler is further developing new mobility services through the acquisition of a minority stake in a...
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German managers worried about iPad and tablet security
As workers’ business and private lives merge, Daimler needs to allow private enduser devices for business use, CTO Schneider said last year (Photo: automotiveIT) Managers of German companies worry that...
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Space robots come to Daimler
Kuka is a major robotics supplier to the auto industry (Photo: Kuka) Daimler plans to deploy robots originally designed for use in outer space to help build cars on earth. The German premium car maker...
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CAR Symposium – Bochum
smart CEO Annette Winkler was one of the speakers at the 2012 CAR Symposium (Photo: CAR Symposium) Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche and his counterpart at Renault, Carlos Ghosn, will be two of the featured...
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Daimler consolidates all China sales in one organization
Daimler has formed a new Chinese sales operation that will market its imported as well as locally produced vehicles in the world’s largest car market. Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales Service is a 50-50...
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CES: Mercedes shows Siri integration
Mercedes’ Digital DriveStyle app will feature Siri voice operation (Photo: Daimler) LAS VEGAS – Mercedes-Benz will have full Siri integration in its next E-Class starting this spring. The German...
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Daimler, Ford and Nissan plan fuel-cell vehicle by 2017
Daimler started leasing a Mercedes B-Class-based FCEV in 2010 (Photo: Daimler) Daimler, Ford Motor and Nissan said they are planning to launch a mass-market fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) as early...
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Daimler takes 12 pc stake in China’s BAIC Motor
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche (l) and BAIC Chairman Xu Heyi formally agreed on greater cooperation Feb 1 (Photo: Daimler) Daimler will acquire a 12 pc stake in Beijing Automotive Group’s (BAIC) passenger...
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Focus on IT at Daimler’s new Bangalore r&d facility
Daimler’s r&d facility in Bangalore employs 1,200 people (Photo: Daimler) Daimler officially opened a new r&d center in Bangalore, strengthening its activities in the growing Indian market. The...
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automotiveIT Congress: Daimler CIO lays out integrated approach to customers
Siemer (l) and Gorriz explain Daimler’s “Digital Life” to the automotiveIT Congress (Photo: Claus Dick) HANOVER – Daimler CIO Michael Gorriz said the premium car maker wants to establish multiple...
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Daimler starts product development for vans in China
Daimler and Fujian Motor executives officially opened the new center (Photo: Daimler) Daimler’s Chinese joint venture officially opened a new product development center for vans this week, as the...
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Mercedes opens biggest sales training center in China
Chengdu is the biggest Mercedes sales training center outside Germany (Photo: Daimler) Mercedes-Benz has opened a new sales training center in Chengdu in southwestern China, the biggest of its kind...
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Electric smart gets ready for China
Electric smarts will come to China before year-end (Photo: Daimler) Daimler will soon start selling the new smart electric drive in China after authorities gave the carmaker the green light to start...
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Newsletter: Daimler and others flock to India for r&d
Daimler’s r&d center in Bangalore is the biggest of its kind outside Germany (Photo: Daimler) BANGALORE – Companies in mature markets are increasingly transferring r&d abroad and premium car...
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IAA: Daimler CEO not afraid of non-traditional competition
The Mercedes S 500 Intelligent Drive covered more than 100 km autonomously (Photo: Daimler FRANKFURT – Dieter Zetsche is not afraid of competition from new entrants into the market for personal...
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carIT Congress: Daimler exec sees gradual convergence of connectivity systems
Haeussermann says focus is on digital natives as auto industry changes (Photo: Claus Dick) FRANKFURT – Different methods for integrating smartphones in the car will continue for years before an...
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Daimler looking for new battery partner
The Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive uses a Tesla battery pack (Photo: Daimler) A new battery partner for Daimler may come from Asia, following the likely dissolution of the premium car maker’s joint...
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Mercedes aims for young buyers with new online retail outlet
Mercedes wants to capture new, younger customers with its online store (Photo: Daimler) Mercedes-Benz, in a bid to sell more cars to younger customers, 0n Tuesday opened its first online store, saying...
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At CES, a Mercedes connected to “internet of things”
Mercedes has signed an agreement with smart watch maker Pebble (Photo: Mercedes) Mercedes-Benz will show at the upcoming CES in Las Vegas how an intelligently networked vehicle becomes part of the...
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