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Daimler Truck reaches its next milestone on the road to sustainable transportation also with hydrogen-based drives. Since last year, a Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck fuel-cell prototype has been undergoing intensive testing – both on the in-house test track and on public roads. Daimler Truck is now putting another prototype into operation to test the use of liquid hydrogen. Political support for the development program comes from Daniela Schmitt, Minister of Economic Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate, who opened the regional hydrogen week “WOCHE DES WASSERSTOFFS SÜD” (#wdws2022) today with a test drive in Wörth am Rhein, Germany. A newly installed prototype filling station at the development and testing centre in Wörth enables the...

The battery-electric eActros LongHaul long-distance truck will be Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ trade show highlight at this year’s IAA Transportation in September in Hanover. Trade show highlight at IAA Transportation 2022 in Hanover Preview of the design theme of the series-production vehicle Megawatt charging: Batteries charge in well under 30 minutes from 20 to 80 percent Overall ranges on a par with conventional trucks possible LFP battery technology for long service life Customer testing begins in 2023 Planned holistic transport solution consisting of vehicle technology, consulting, charging infrastructure and services Goal: Right choice for customers in terms of profitability, sustainability and reliability Mercedes-Benz Trucks to...

Daimler Truck’s Asian subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC; “FUSO”) celebrates the 90th anniversary of the FUSO brand. The origin of the iconic FUSO name dates back to May 1932, when Mitsubishi's first bus, the "B46 type shared car", manufactured at the Kobe Shipyard of the former Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, was branded FUSO. First FUSO branded bus introduced in 1932 Iconic brand is cornerstone in Daimler Truck’s Asian portfolio FUSO delivers trucks & buses to more than 170 countries, accounting for one quarter of Daimler Truck’s unit sales Upcoming launch of Next Generation eCanter Leinfelden-Echterdingen – Daimler Truck’s Asian subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC; “FUSO”) celebrates the...

Daimler motorised truck from 1898: 1.25-tonne payload with just 4.1 kW (5.6 hp) Close-Up – the name of the series by the Mercedes-Benz Museum says it all. Each instalment tells surprising, exciting, profound stories. To do this, it shines a spotlight on details of a vehicle, exhibit or element of architecture and design. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

Daimler Truck is going full speed ahead to win the race to zero emissions. A good example: the all-electric light-duty truck FUSO eCanter. Global customer deliveries have now surpassed the 300 vehicle mark from small series production. Customers in sixteen countries and cities such as New York, Tokyo, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and even Auckland trust in the reliable urban delivery truck. More deliveries are set to follow successively. A further milestone reached by the global eCanter fleet: The distance traveled in daily customer operations now exceeds a combined 4 million kilometers driven locally emission free – equivalent to around 100 circumventions of planet earth or a little over five...

The Actros has reinvented itself over and over and again for a quarter of a century: right from the start in terms of efficiency, safety, reliability or comfort and recently regarding electromobility too. Now with five Actros generations, the premium truck for long-distance heavy-duty distribution operates all around the world. With constant innovations, the Mercedes-Benz Actros has set new standards again and again ever since 1996. Numerous technical milestones, such as the first emergency braking assistance system to react independently to obstacles, Sideguard Assist, or the assistance system for semi-automated driving (Level 2), all celebrated their premiere in the Actros. At the beginning of October 2021, series production began...

STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Prior to the intended stock market listing in December 2021, Daimler Truck hosts its Capital Market Day, revealing profitability ambitions for each segment and laser-focused financial discipline. In addition Daimler Truck's management board led by CEO Martin Daum presents further strategic and technological objectives. Daimler Truck hosts Capital Market Day for investors and analysts, laying out ambition to lift performance and enhance profitability for each segment Targeting double digit margins (Return on Sales Industrial Business, adjusted) by 2025 in favorable market conditions Profitability improvement already under way: 2021 Return on Sales (Industrial Business, adjusted)...

Daimler Truck AG and TotalEnergies today have signed an agreement on their joint commitment to the de-carbonization of the road freight in the European Union. The partnership will see the development of ecosystems for heavy-duty trucks running on hydrogen, with the intent to demonstrate the attractiveness and effectiveness of trucking powered by clean hydrogen and the ambition to play a lead role in kick starting the rollout of hydrogen infrastructure for transportation. The collaboration includes hydrogen sourcing and logistics, dispensing of hydrogen in service stations, development of hydrogen-based trucks, establishment of a customer base as well as other areas. In particular, TotalEnergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate...

Achim Puchert (42), currently Head of the sales organization Daimler Trucks & Buses Overseas (DTO) and Head of International Sales, Marketing & Customer Services at Daimler Trucks Asia, will become the new Head of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Ltda, responsible for the Latin America region of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses, with a planned start date of 1 January 2022. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

Daimler Truck receives solid investment grade ratings ahead of listing On its way to the expected listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by the end of this year, Daimler Truck had approached S&P Global Ratings (S&P) and Moody’s Investor Service (Moody’s) for setting up first time credit ratings. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

Daimler aligns Board responsibilities after Trucks split: Jörg Burzer to join Board of Management Daimler is aligning the Management Board responsibilities between Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG to enable leaner decision-making in the wake of the separation of Trucks and Buses from Cars and Vans. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

Daimler Truck AG and BP Advanced Mobility Limited („BP“) today announced plans to work together to help accelerate the introduction of a hydrogen network, supporting the roll-out of a key technology for the decarbonization of UK freight transport. They intend to pilot both the development of hydrogen infrastructure and the introduction of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks in the UK. Under their memorandum of understanding (MoU), BP will assess the feasibility of designing, constructing, operating and supplying a network of up to 25 hydrogen refuelling stations across the UK by 2030. These stations would be supplied by BP with ‘green’ hydrogen – generated from water using renewable power. Complementing this, Daimler Truck expects to...

Daimler Truck is consistently pursuing its technology strategy for the electrification of its vehicles and has now reached the next milestone: In October, the further enhanced prototype of the hydrogen-based fuel-cell truck Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck received approval from German authorities for use on public roads. In April, the truck manufacturer began to conduct tests of the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck, which was unveiled in 2020, on the company’s test tracks. There, the truck, which aims to achieve ranges of up to 1,000 kilometres and more without any stops for refueling in its series version, has successfully accumulated several thousand miles by now. Now, testing is expanded to public roads i.e. on the B462 road near Rastatt. There...

Shareholders decide on spin-off of Daimler Truck At the virtual Extraordinary General Meeting this Friday, Daimler AG (ticker symbol DAI) is setting the course for a historic realignment of the company. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

70 years of Setra. With a total of six model series over the past seven decades, the renowned Ulm-based brand has regularly set standards within Europe's bus-building industry and has had a decisive influence on the development of the sector. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

Daimler Trucks’ Japan-based subsidiary FUSO, one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, has delivered three all-electric FUSO eCanter light-duty trucks to IKEA Japan K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Swedish home furnishing company IKEA,. IKEA Japan is the first home furnishing company to receive delivery of the eCanter. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

Three years after the launch of small-series production, deliveries of Daimler Trucks’ all-electric light-duty truck FUSO eCanter have now surpassed 200 vehicles. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

Torc Robotics has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS), Inc. as its preferred cloud provider to handle the scale and speed needed for data transfer, storage, and compute capacity as the company prepares to deploy its fleet of next-generation self-driving test trucks in New Mexico and Virginia. Additional information, entire press article(s), directly from its original source: Daimler AG

They stand out at 18 metres long and with their bright yellow paintwork: in the towns of Liège (Luik/Lüttich), Mons and Nivelles in Wallonia, Belgium, the first of a total of 129 new Mercedes-Benz Citaro G hybrid articulated buses are in operation. The operator is the TEC Group transport company. For additional information, entire press article, directly from its source: Daimler AG

It's essential, but too much is too much: not only COVID-19, but also unfavourable snow conditions created challenges for the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof. For additional information, entire press article, directly from its source: Daimler AG