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Retail Asia28/06/2019

Mercedes-Benz has dropped a teaser of its upcoming GLB and it’s all set to make it’s world debut on June 10, 2019. The GLB, as the name suggests is based on the B-Class and is built on the MFA2 platform, which underpins the latter. It will be positioned between the GLA and the GLC models. […]

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Retail Asia11/06/2019

Incoming Daimler boss Ola Kaellenius is working on a cost cut program to reach profit margin targets which are threatened by global trade woes and ramp up issues at factories, Handelsblatt reported, citing company sources. Kaellenius, who will take over from Dieter Zetsche after the company’s annual general meeting on May 22, has been working […]

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Retail Asia17/05/2019

The tiny, two-person Smart cars once pitched as the next big thing in urban mobility will be discontinued in the United States and Canada at the end of the current model year, German automaker Daimler AG said on Monday. Smart cars, with their unique styling and ability to fit in half a parking space, found an […]

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Retail Asia19/04/2019

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European Union authorities said Friday that German automakers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen colluded to limit the development of emissions-cleaning technology in cars. The finding adds to the car industry’s woes after Volkswagen in 2015 admitted to cheating on emissions tests in the U.S., which led to a worldwide reevaluation of how cars are tested and how to limit emissions to […]

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Retail Asia18/04/2019

German automaker Daimler officially opened a Mercedes-Benz factory near Moscow on Wednesday at a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin, marking a rare foreign investment into Russia’s car industry. The plant in the town of Esipovo 40 kilometers north west of Moscow is the first in years to be opened by a foreign carmaker in Russia where […]

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Retail Asia08/04/2019

Daimler on Thursday said it will develop its next generation of Smart electric vehicles in China through a joint venture with rival Geely, deepening an alliance between the two carmakers. Daimler said it will build next generation Smart vehicles at a purpose built factory in China, and share its expertise in manufacturing, engineering and design […]

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Retail Asia28/02/2018

Chinese carmaker Geely has built up an almost 10% stake in Daimler in a US$9 billion (RM35 billion) bet by its chairman that he can access the Mercedes-Benz owner’s technology in the growing battle for the future of automotives. The purchase by Li Shufu, Geely’s founder and main owner, means China’s largest privately owned automaker […]

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Retail Asia23/01/2018

Daimler Trucks has increased its worldwide deliveries in the first 11 months of 2017 by 12 percent year on year to 422,500 units, despite the continuation of disparate market conditions. Until the end of November, more trucks were delivered than in the whole of last year. In full-year 2016, the Daimler truck division sold approximately 415,100 […]

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Retail Asia20/11/2017

Germany’s Daimler AG plans to invest 5 billion yuan ($755 million) in China for factory capacity to manufacture electric cars and the batteries that power them, part of an effort to help its Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands comply with the country’s green car production and sales quotas. Hubertus Troska, head of Daimler’s greater China operations, […]

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Retail Asia18/10/2017

Daimler is recalling more than 1 million Mercedes-Benz cars and sport utility vehicles worldwide to address potential unintended air bag deployments, the German automaker said on Monday. The safety recall covers 495,000 vehicles in the United States, 400,000 in Britain, 76,000 in Canada and a few hundred thousand in Germany, company officials said. The German […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2017

Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor Corporation agreed to upgrade the Mercedes-Benz factory in Beijing to make electric cars, the German carmaker said on Thursday. At a signing ceremony in Berlin attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Daimler signed a framework agreement to upgrade production facilities at […]

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Retail Asia30/05/2017

German automaker Daimler has acquired 15% stake in Hong Kong based Lei Shing Hong (LSG) strengthing their longstanding cooperation with an investment by Daimler in LSH. The partnership is responsible for the Mercedes-Benz retail business of Lei Shing Hong Group. The transaction has been concluded after approval of the relevant antitrust authorities. ”With this transaction […]

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Retail Asia11/05/2017

German automaker Daimler said on Tuesday it had dropped plans to seek U.S. approval to sell 2017 Mercedes-Benz U.S. diesel models, but had not decided whether to exit the American passenger diesel market. “We constantly review our portfolio offerings and make adjustments to meet immediate customer need,” Mercedes-Benz USA spokesman Rob Moran said in an […]

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Retail Asia20/04/2017

German automaker Daimler has yet to select a semiconductor provider for its autonomous cars’ development partnership with supplier Robert Bosch, Mercedes-Benz research and development chief Ola Kaellenius said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Daimler and Bosch announced a strategic partnership to develop self-driving cars. “We have not selected the computing supplier, and there are several […]

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Retail Asia13/03/2017

Daimler AG said it will recall one million newer-model Mercedes-Benz vehicles worldwide due to the risk of fire, after 51 fires were reported. The German company said no injuries or deaths were reported relating to the vehicles that it will begin recalling in the U.S. market in July when parts become available. A fix has […]

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Retail Asia01/03/2017

BMW plans to expand its cooperation with Daimler in purchasing components, the carmaker’s new head of purchasing said in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “It’s not been fully exploited; there are regular talks and we are discussing jointly purchasing more components,” Markus Duesmann was quoted as saying in an advance copy of the interview, […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2017

Automakers have been dabbling in the ride-sharing industry, but Uber remains the titan to beat. In true “Power Rangers” fashion, two automakers are reportedly forming a Megazord of ride-sharing in order to bring the fight to Uber’s doorstep. BMW and Daimler may combine their ride-sharing efforts to better compete with Uber, citing sources speaking to […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2017

German auto giant Daimler on Tuesday (Jan 31) said it had struck a partnership with Uber to supply self-driving cars for the US ride-hailing company. The tie-up comes as both carmakers and ridesharing firms are jockeying to establish themselves as leading players in the burgeoning world of autonomous driving, seen as the future of the […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2017

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Nissan is halting joint development of luxury cars with Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz, sources close to the companies told Reuters, suspending a key project in their seven-year partnership and potentially hitting profitability at a new shared factory in Mexico. Nissan (7201.T) decided in October its premium Infiniti brand would not use “MFA2”, an upgraded Daimler (DAIGn.DE) car […]

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Retail Asia28/12/2016

From geopolitical disputes to debates over cultural appropriation, China tends to be a place where it’s easy for foreign brands to get embroiled in controversies no matter how hard they try to avoid it. That’s no different for the luxury industry, which saw its fair share of issues this year. Below is Jing Daily’s list of 10 […]

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