Daimler Doesn't Like Tesla's Selfish Approach to EV Charging Network
26 Mar 2014, 14:18 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Even though Daimler AG is pretty much in bed with Tesla Motors after more or less rescuing the American electric vehicle manufacturer from near bankruptcy, it seems that they are not exactly OK with...
Daimler Buses Returns to Making Money in 2013
11 Mar 2014, 13:48 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A rather significant increase in unit sales and an EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) a bit above the previous years have made Daimler Buses to return to profitability in 2013. “Our ...
Daimler AG Sells Its Stake in Rolls Royce Power Systems
9 Mar 2014, 15:59 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A three-year-old joint-venture between Daimler AG and Rolls-Royce is about to be dissolved in the next few months, with the German car giant selling its 50-percent equity interest to its partner. ...
Mercedes-Benz Breaks February Sales Record
6 Mar 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As expected, the huge sales increase momentum that started in 2013 is keeping up this year as well for the three-pointed star, with February figures once again breaking previous records. January...
Daimler Launches Revolutionary Mercedes me Service Brand
4 Mar 2014, 11:38 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Last night, during the Mercedes-Benz Geneva Motor Show preview, the three-pointed star introduced their new “Mercedes me” service brand and we are totally blown away by it. We say t...
Daimler AG Launches Uplifting Corporate Video
14 Feb 2014, 18:42 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Corporate movies are arguably some of the most cringe-inducing videos you can watch on YouTube, since they are normally approved and paid by bean counters, who aren't necessarily the most passi...
Daimler Wants Another Production Plant For The MFA Platform
14 Feb 2014, 16:38 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Lately, the only thing stopping the rise in sales for models built on the Mercedes-Benz MFA (Modular Front Architecture) platform has been the major problem of production capacity, with most Europea...
Daimler's Denza Electric Car is Picking up Steam
13 Feb 2014, 19:23 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The upcoming Denza electric car – a product of the Daimler AG and BYD Chinese joint venture – will have its world premiere at the Auto China trade fair in Beijing, in April 2014. Unt...
Mercedes-Benz Sales Chief is Confident About Upcoming Years
10 Feb 2014, 08:55 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As some of you know, despite having an awesome year in 2013, Mercedes-Benz is still in third place in terms of global luxury car sales behind Audi and BMW. They lost first place back in 2005 to B...
Dieter Zetsche Doesn't Think About His Successor Yet
7 Feb 2014, 10:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Yesterday, at the annual Daimler AG press conference, Dieter Zetsche was asked a pretty uncomfortable question which he successfully circumvented. One of the journalists inquired him whether he w...
Daimler AG Rewards Employees With EUR 395 Million For Successful 2013
7 Feb 2014, 09:02 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / It sure must be nice to work for German car giant Daimler AG or its Mercedes-Benz subsidiary, as the company just announced that it will be paying a staggering EUR 395 million in employees bonuses. ...
Dieter Zetsche Comments on Record-Breaking 2013 and Upcoming Year · Video
6 Feb 2014, 10:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Mainly thanks to the Mercedes-Benz Cars division, but not only, Daimler AG managed to finish 2013 with some of the biggest numbers ever – from units sold to group revenue. The year went so ...
Dieter Zetsche is Open to More Collaborations For Daimler
31 Jan 2014, 20:09 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Last night, after Mercedes-Benz launched the all-new V-Class right in BMW's backyard, Daimler's CEO was quoted by a number of media outlets as saying that the Swabians are willing to colla...
Andreas Renschler Unexpectedly Leaves Daimler AG
29 Jan 2014, 12:39 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In a rather surprising manner, one of the two most probable successors to Dieter Zetsche's Daimler CEO job has decided to leave the German car giant. Andreas Renschler, 55, had been working ...
Daimler Forces EU To Take Legal Action Against Germany in Refrigerant Saga
24 Jan 2014, 13:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If any of you remember the AC refrigerant battles between Daimler AG and the French government from last year you probably know that they were essentially won by the German car manufacturer when a r...
Daimler AG to Invest About 190 Million Euros in Spanish Plant
15 Jan 2014, 15:34 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / No, we are not talking about a magically expensive Spanish shrub or anything, but about a Mercedes-Benz facility in Vitoria, Spain, where the German will spend around 190 million Euros to prepare it...
Mercedes-Benz Sells a Record 1,461,680 Vehicles in 2013
10 Jan 2014, 17:54 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As you all probably already know by now, Mercedes-Benz was pretty much the bee's knees in 2013, achieving all-time record sales figures in almost ever market they are present. In fact, the ...
Mercedes-Benz to Launch More Than 30 New Models by 2020
10 Jan 2014, 16:22 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The three-pointed star car maker has been on a roll for quite some time now, but they are apparently pretty far from resting on their laurels. As you already know by now, in 2013 they managed to...
A Voyage to Lilliput's Mercedes-Benz Cars
8 Jan 2014, 20:19 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If Jonathan Swift had lived in our times instead of three centuries ago, I would have most likely kidnapped and maybe even tortured him in order to rewrite the first part of his Gulliver's Trav...
Mercedes-Benz Beats Both BMW and Audi in Germany
8 Jan 2014, 09:14 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In terms of overall sales for 2013 there are nothing but good news for the three-pointed star. After managing to return to the number one place in terms of luxury car sales in the United States, Mer...