Mercedes-Benz ready to take on Tesla in all-electric car market
- 22-Jul-2021
LONDON: Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler plans to invest more than 40 billion euros ($47 billion) by 2030 to be ready to take on Tesla in an all-electric car market, but warned the shift in technology would lead to job cuts. Outlining its strategy for an electric future, the inventor of the modern motor car said on […]
Mercedes aims to outdo Tesla’s hallmark touchscreen
- 07-Jan-2021
Tesla has dominated global electric vehicle sales and traditional carmakers like Daimler have been pushing to develop vehicles to compete for market share
Automaker recalls more cars over emissions cheating: report
- 22-Jun-2019
Daimler has been ordered to recall a further 60,000 diesel cars believed to have been equipped with emissions-cheating software,
EU targets BMW, Daimler, VW on Dieselgate anniversary
- 18-Sep-2018
The EU opened an in-depth probe into alleged collusion by major German carmakers over anti-pollution technology, a fresh blow to the scandal-hit industry three years after the notorious "dieselgate."
German carmakers under fire for diesel tests on humans, monkeys
- 29-Jan-2018
BERLIN: German carmakers came under fire Monday following revelations they helped finance experiments that saw humans and monkeys exposed to toxic diesel fumes that have been linked to asthma, lung diseases and heart attacks. The disclosures sparked widespread outrage, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel who strongly condemned the latest controversy to engulf the nation’s powerful […]
Uber strikes deal to add self-driving Mercedes-Benz to fleet
- 31-Jan-2017
SAN FRANCISCO: Uber has signed another deal with a major automaker as the popular ride service accelerates efforts to build out one of the world’s first fleets of autonomous vehicles. Uber on Tuesday announced a partnership with Germany’s Daimler AG, maker of the luxury Mercedes-Benz cars and trucks. In the coming years, Daimler plans to incorporate […]
Daimler plans at least six electric car models: source
- 03-Sep-2016
German carmaker Daimler plans to roll out at least six, and possibly as many as nine, electric car models as part of its push to compete with Tesla and Volkswagen's Audi, a person familiar with Daimler's plans told Reuters.
Daimler to unveil long-distance electric car in October
- 11-Jun-2016
FRANKFURT: Germany's Daimler will lift the curtain on its much-anticipated long-distance electric car at the Paris Motor Show in October, as the automaker gears up to compete with Tesla Motors Inc's Model X sport-utility vehicle (SUV).
German carmakers see steady U.S. sales in 2016: VDA
- 11-Jan-2016
DETROIT: Sales of German carmakers including Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW in the United States may hold steady this year, the VDA auto industry association said on Monday.
Facing U.S. storm, VW set for easier ride in Europe on emissions scandal
- 09-Jan-2016
BRUSSELS/LONDON: Volkswagen is unlikely to face U.S.-style fines in Europe over its emissions scandal because of a softer regulatory regime and its home country Germany's determination to protect its car industry, EU sources and legal experts say.