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Daimler

Stuttgart-based Daimler is a German maker of cars, buses and trucks. The company had a bumper year in 2015, with its operating profit jumping by 36 percent and group revenue up 15 percent.

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An e-truck being charged

Charging into the future with e-trucks

Daimler’s new battery electric truck is clean and quiet, and has plenty of range.
Cars and TransportationSeptember 20, 202404:24 min
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Mercedes aims to usher in era of battery-powered trucks

Mercedes Trucks says it has a long-haul e-Truck ready to go, but transportation companies are still reluctant.
BusinessSeptember 18, 202402:45 min
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Old challenges, new solutions — MADE

Old nuclear waste, new energy policies and the labor market of the future.
BusinessSeptember 17, 202426:04 min
A battery electric truck and a hydrogen truck by Daimler are parked in front of an Alpine background

Hydrogen vs battery: The race for the truck of the future

Truck manufacturers are under pressure to cut emissions. Should they bet on batteries, hydrogen fuel cells or both?
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 11, 2024
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Making trucks emission-free with batteries or hydrogen

Batteries and hydrogen are two options to turn trucks from top polluters to emission-free. What is the best option?
Cars and TransportationJanuary 23, 202407:59 min
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Classic Mercedes -- unbreakable!

What makes classic Mercedes so indestructible around the world?
Cars and TransportationFebruary 28, 202309:10 min
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REV - A century of Maybach

Luxury car, legend, a way of life. What lies behind the Maybach myth?
Cars and TransportationDecember 20, 202226:01 min
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Daimler shareholders approve truck division spinoff

Daimler will float its trucking business as a separate unit on the stock market. Shareholders get 65% of the shares.
BusinessOctober 1, 2021
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EV battery production: Too late for Germany?

Germany is a car country. But times are changing. EV batteries made in Germany. Too late?
BusinessSeptember 21, 202104:12 min
The washed out outline of a Mercedes star on the hood of a car

Dieselgate: Mercedes drivers sue Daimler

A consumer protection group in Germany has filed a class-action suit against Mercedes-makers Daimler.
Cars and TransportationJuly 7, 2021
Nissan brand sign

Nissan sells stake in German company Daimler

Ahead of publishing its full-year report next week, the Japanese automaker has sold off its Daimler shares.
BusinessMay 5, 2021
A herd of cattle is seen at a farm in Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon rainforest

Europe carmakers linked to Amazon destruction: report

European car manufacturers may be using leather from cattle raised on illegally deforested land for their car seats.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 16, 2021
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EQS: Automotive electrification at its best?

DW speaks to Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius about the firm's electrification drive and whar role the new EQS plays in it.
BusinessApril 16, 202102:49 min
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Mercedes unveils EQS electric luxury sedan

The German auto industry has been slow to switch to electric, but is that changing? Investors are bullish.
Cars and TransportationApril 16, 2021
Daimler AG headquarters in Untertürkheim near Stuttgart, Germany

Pischetsrieder to chair Daimler supervisory board

Daimler has posted profits despite COVID-19 and says the veteran will help shape its future — but unions are rebelling.
BusinessDecember 3, 2020
An Aston Martin car exhibtion at the London Stock Exchange in 2018

Daimler plans larger stake in Aston Martin

German auto giant Daimler has announced plans to ramp up its partnership with struggling British carmaker Aston Martin.
BusinessOctober 27, 2020
China Guanhzhou | Mercedes-Benz - Autohaus von Mercedes-Benz in China

Are German carmakers too dependent on China?

One in three German cars are sold in China. The world's largest car market is increasingly developing into a lifeline.
BusinessOctober 27, 2020
Smart Automobilfabrik in Hambach

Renault, Daimler show early signs of recovery

Renault and Daimler have published their third quarter reports revealing an improvement on the first half of the year.
BusinessOctober 23, 2020
Workers walk into an exhibition hall during preparations ahead of the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing on September 24,

Auto China 2020: German carmakers look to switch gears

The Beijing motor show is taking place as auto makers struggle to recover from a battering by the pandemic.
BusinessSeptember 25, 2020
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Germany's Daimler to pay $1.5-billion fine in US

German automaker Daimler has agreed to pay the fine over claims the company sought to cheat air pollution tests.
Cars and TransportationSeptember 15, 2020
The Mercedes logo above a Daimler factor in Stuttgart amid a storm

Daimler reaches $2 billion settlement in US

The carmaker had faced civil and environmental claims over emissions cheating software in its diesel vehicles.
BusinessAugust 13, 2020
Assembly line at a VW car factory

Paying dividends while receiving state aid

Some German companies using state aid still plan on paying out billions to their shareholders.
BusinessApril 21, 2020
A Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg

Coronavirus compounds problems for German carmakers

The crisis — the biggest the industry has seen since the World War II — could not have come at a worse time.
BusinessMarch 19, 2020
Daimler chairman Ola Källenius holding a speech in front of a Mercedes electric car

Daimler doubles down on austerity

Daimler's new CEO has promised the luxury German carmaker "will change radically" after a 64% slump in net profit.
BusinessFebruary 11, 2020
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Daimler profit falls to 2.4 billion euro in 2019 - Report: Chinese firms snap up credit amid outbreak
BusinessFebruary 11, 202012:30 min
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DW Business - Europe & Asia

Report: Chinese firms snap up credit amid outbreak - Daimler expected to announce profit fall for 2019
BusinessFebruary 11, 202012:21 min
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DW Business - Europe & Asia

Report: Daimler to axe more jobs than anticipated - Chinese tourist packages to France suspended
BusinessFebruary 10, 202012:22 min
Mercedes Benz in Stuttgart

Dieselgate to cost Daimler additional €1.5 billion

The German carmaker will need another billion euros to cope with the fallout of an emissions cheating scandal.
BusinessJanuary 22, 2020
Mercedes-Benz worker

Daimler to cut thousands of jobs worldwide

German carmaker Daimler said the job cuts would help fund "large investments" needed to transition to electric cars.
Cars and TransportationNovember 29, 2019
Audi's Ingolstadt production facility in southern Germany

German carmaker Audi to slash 9,500 jobs by 2025

Audi has announced it will cut 9,500 jobs by 2025 to make itself more "lean and sustainable."
BusinessNovember 26, 2019
A factory worker holds up a VW logo

German carmakers fined €100 million over cartel

Daimler, Volkswagen and BMW have been ordered to pay €100 million for forming a cartel to fix steel prices.
BusinessNovember 21, 2019
Daimler chief Ola Källenius talks during IAA in Frankfurt

Daimler to cut Mercedes jobs to save €1 billion

Daimler is struggling with falling profits as it looks to make a costly switch to electric vehicles.
BusinessNovember 14, 2019
Mercedes Benz factory

Daimler to slash 1,100 management positions: report

The Mercedes-Benz maker will slash jobs worldwide as part of an austerity program.
BusinessNovember 8, 2019
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BusinessOctober 22, 201912:22 min
Mercedes-Benz-Sprinters in Germany

German authorities orders mass recall of Daimler vans

The excessive emissions concern at least 260,000 Mercedes "Sprinter" vans.
BusinessOctober 11, 2019
A fuel gauge

Daimler fined €870 million for diesel emissions

Representatives of the German car giant say the company will not contest the order.
BusinessSeptember 24, 2019
Mercedes-Benz logo

Daimler slashes 2019 profit forecast

The Mercedes-Benz manufacturer has slashed its outlook for 2019 for the second time in weeks over the emissions scandal.
BusinessJuly 12, 2019
Mercedes logo on a building

Daimler cuts outlook over Dieselgate costs

The German automaker says its 2019 operating profit will be the same as last year, due to a huge vehicle recall bill.
BusinessJune 23, 2019
A Mercedes-Benz GLK 220 CDI car traveling on a road

Daimler to recall 60,000 diesel cars

A newspaper says the carmaker has been told to recall an extra 60,000 Mercedes-Benz models built between 2012 and 2015.
BusinessJune 22, 2019
Timothy Rooks

Think twice about outrageous CEO pay

Timothy Rooks
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche's retirement package is modest by global standards. It also simply rewards mediocrity.
BusinessMay 22, 2019
Daimler AG's Dieter Zetsche

Who is Daimler's CEO Dieter Zetsche?

The retiring Daimler chairman is leaving a company that he joined in 1976. What did he do in all that time?
BusinessMay 21, 201910 images
New Mercedes-Benz automobiles ready to be shipped to the US

Trump delays tariff decision on European and Japanese autos

The president had threatened to raise import tariffs on foreign cars as a matter of national security on May 18.
PoliticsMay 17, 2019
Israel Besuch Außenminister Maas in Yad Vashem

German companies donate €5 million to Yad Vashem

Five leading German companies have pledged EUR 5 Million to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem.
BusinessMay 3, 201903:11 min
China Shanghai Automesse 2019

Shanghai shows auto industry transformation

German premium carmakers are able to buck the trend of falling sales with new offerings.
BusinessApril 17, 201902:19 min
Mercedes GLK 220 car traveling along a rural road

Daimler faces fresh emissions scandal

A previously unknown "defeat device" was found in one of the carmaker's Mercedes models, a German newspaper reports.
BusinessApril 14, 2019
Vladimir Putin, Peter Altmeier at the Mercedes factory in Moscow

Altmaier hails Russian trade cooperation

Chancellor Merkel's office stressed that the opening of the plant was not a return to business as usual.
BusinessApril 3, 2019
The Hall of Names at Yad Vashem in Israel

German companies pledge support for Yad Vashem

Daimler, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bank, Volkswagen and Borussia Dortmund have each pledged large financial donations.
PoliticsApril 2, 2019
Smart's electric Forease concept car unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in 2018

Daimler and Geely team up to build Smart cars in China

The planned partnership hopes to have the next generation of all-electric cars on the market by 2022.
Cars and TransportationMarch 28, 2019
Deutschland Carsharing-Unternehmen car2go

Is car-sharing here to stay?

Car-sharing is big in Germany. But how will it evolve, given the changes the car industry as a whole will experience?
BusinessMarch 14, 2019
BMW self-driving vehicle

BMW, Daimler team up to develop self-driving cars

The German automakers hope to develop automated driving technology by 2025.
Cars and TransportationFebruary 28, 2019