Stuttgart , Sep 18, 2009 *Largest contract to date for Daimler Buses in the Netherlands for 350 buses *Additional orders for 75 urban buses with environmentally friendly natural gas drive *Delivery of Mercedes-Benz urban and intercity buses to be concluded in December 2009 Daimler Buses has once again won two contracts, and as a result [...]
Oriskany, USA , Sep 07, 2009 Oriskany, USA – Last week, Daimler Buses North America announced that sales for the Orion VII diesel-electric hybrid bus had surpassed 3,000 units. In other words, Daimler Buses has sold more hybrid drives than any other manufacturer in the world. The announcement was made in Oriskany, where the Orion [...]
New York, NY , Sep 01, 2009 *Mercedes-Benz USA Records Strongest Sales Month so far in 2009 and Reports August Sales of 17,112 *smart USA Continues to Improve Monthly Sales in 2009 and Records 1,622 Sales in August Daimler AG (stock exchange abbreviation DAI) today reported sales for the Mercedes-Benz Cars division in the U.S. [...]
Greensboro, USA , Aug 10, 2009 *Daimler Buses North America (DBNA) receives orders for 263 Orion VII transit buses, 30 Setra S 417 motorcoaches, and 15 Sprinter shuttle buses *New order will soon increase the number of Orion hybrid buses on America’s roads to 2,500 units Daimler Buses North America recently received orders for more [...]
New York, USA , Aug 03, 2009 *Mercedes-Benz USA Records July Sales of 16,228 *smart USA Records 1,418 Sales in July Daimler AG (stock exchange abbreviation DAI) today reported sales for the Mercedes-Benz Cars division in the U.S. (Mercedes-Benz and smart combined) of 17,646 units, a decline of 24 percent compared to July 2008. All [...]
Stuttgart , Jul 29, 2009 *EBIT of minus EUR1,005 million (Q1 2009: minus EUR1,426 million) *EBIT includes special factors of minus EUR604 million for Chrysler and Daimler Trucks *EBIT from continuing operations of minus EUR401 million (Q1 2009: minus EUR1,421 million) *Industrial free cash flow increases to plus EUR1.4 billion due to active inventory reductions [...]
Stuttgart , Jul 13, 2009 *Aabar acquires 40 percent of Daimler’s interest in Tesla Motors Inc. Stuttgart – Daimler AG (stock-exchange abbreviation DAI) and its new major shareholder Aabar Investments PJSC (Aabar), of Abu Dhabi, have started their first joint strategic project with the sale by Daimler of 40 percent of its equity interest in [...]
Stuttgart , Jul 01, 2009 The Daimler HighTechReport represents the technological competence on the basis of current examples from the Daimler research and development area of Mercedes Benz Cars. It provides an insight into the various activities of the research labs, presents trend-setting mobility concepts and shows by means of concrete technologies perspectives and trends [...]
High Point, USA , Jun 18, 2009 High Point, USA – Thomas Built Buses, the school bus subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, has added a new product offering to its lineup. The new vehicle, “MyBus,” was designed specifically to fill the transportation needs of small groups and is particularly well suited for childcare centers, [...]
Stuttgart , Jun 17, 2009 *Vans, trucks and coaches from Mercedes-Benz take first place no less than five times in the publisher ETM’s readers’ vote *The winners: Sprinter, Atego short-radius distribution truck, Actros long-distance transport truck, Actros dump truck and the Tourino midicoach *Mercedes-Benz CharterWay voted the best brand of 2009 in the category “Rental/leasing”
