Mercedes industry news
Ambition2039: Mercedes waves good-bye to combustion engines in 20 years
Mercedes-Benz makes an interesting announcement. By 2039, all passenger cars it offers must be climate neutral. This means that from that year on, conventional …
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Chinese giant BAIC wants to buy a 5% stake in Daimler
Chinese group BAIC wants to acquire a 5% stake in Daimler, the deal being estimated at about 3 billion euros, according to sources inside …
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New boss, new strategy: Daimler seeks new partners under Ola Kaellenius
Daimler will move through a series of radical changes after Dieter Zetsche will give up its CEO seat on May 22 in favor of …
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Is Mercedes back in bed with Chrysler? Jeep Compass could get a German diesel engine
Mercedes could sign a new partnership deal with Chrysler. Jeep Compass is said to get a 2.0-liter and 194-horsepower diesel engine from Mercedes-Benz on …
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Daimlergate? Mercedes GLK at the heart of a new emission fraud investigation
Daimlergate? Mercedes is again confronted with problems of compliance with emissions. KBA, Germany’s Federal Transportation Authority, suspects that Mercedes installed software to rig the …
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Tobias Moers: From 2021 all Mercedes-AMG models will be electrified
Mercedes prepares the electrification of each performance model in the range. Tobias Moers, the head of Mercedes-AMG, announced that from 2021 all vehicles produced …
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Mercedes suspends franchise in China after customer complaint goes viral
Mercedes executives decided on filing a suspension of a local sales franchise for the brand in China, following a customer complaint about service. The …
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Production Mercedes-Benz GLB will be revealed this summer, electric variant coming in 2021
The production version of the Mercedes-Benz GLB Concept will be presented this summer. Mercedes-Benz officials have also announced that the electric variant will be …
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Shock: Daimler set to abandon its partnership with the Renault-Nissan Alliance
Daimler intends to abandon its partnership with the Renault-Nissan Alliance, after the completion of ongoing projects. According to information revealed by the German press, …
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Dieter Zetsche, cautious about autonomous cars. Modern technologies can hide deadly traps
Dieter Zetsche, Daimler’s managing director, curbed his enthusiasm about autonomous cars: the only way to introduce this technology is to go step by step, …
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Next gen Mercedes-Benz GLC will be made in Sindelfingen from 2022
Mercedes-Benz reports that from 2022 forward the extremely successful GLC SUV will also be built in Sindelfingen, Germany. This should keep the plant operating …
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Geely saves Smart, buys 50% of the city car company and plans full electric range
Smart lives on! Chinese manufacturer Geely has acquired 50% of the Smart brand, which will only produce electrical models in China, from 2022. We …
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