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Daimler Trucks Drills Down On Customer Experience
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 10:58am | 589Daimler Trucks North America (OTC: DMLRY) is creating a customer experience organization that builds on annual Customer Experience Day exercises started two years ago. The unit of Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler AG unit sells more heavy-duty trucks in North America than any competitor. Its market...
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Truck Sales A Bright Spot In Daimler's First Quarterly Loss In A Decade
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 - 11:08am | 766Daimler AG (OTC: DMLRY) reported its first quarterly loss in a decade on Wednesday (July 24) because of one-time charges related to Takata airbag inflators in Mercedes-Benz cars and legal risks for ongoing diesel emissions investigations in Germany. Sales and earnings for commercial trucks...
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Daimler's Second Quarter Shaping Up To Be A Doozy
Friday, July 12, 2019 - 1:37pm | 529Daimler AG (OTCPK: DDAIF) ratcheted down second-quarter 2019 expectations for the second time in less than a month. The German automaker is now guiding to a second-quarter 2019 loss of 1.6 billion euros versus a profit of 2.6 billion euros in the same period of 2018. Second quarter 2019...
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BMW Group And Daimler AG Partner To Put Autonomous Cars On The Road By 2024
Friday, July 5, 2019 - 12:21pm | 557German original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) BMW Group and Daimler AG inked a partnership on July 4 for a long-term strategic cooperation in autonomous driving, focusing on jointly developing next-generation technologies for driver assistance systems, automated driving on highways, and self-...
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Daimler Lowers Earnings Forecast Over Recalls Related To Diesel Emissions
Monday, June 24, 2019 - 11:50am | 414Daimler AG (OTCPK: DDAIF) announced a "high-three digit million" hit to second quarter 2019 earnings related to ongoing expenses to remedy its diesel emissions woes surrounding its Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles. Daimler warned, "Increase of provisions for various ongoing governmental proceedings...
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Daimler Posts Lower Net Income, Revenue In First Quarter 2019, But Predicts Better Year-End Finish
Friday, April 26, 2019 - 2:18pm | 717Despite lower net income and revenue in the first quarter of 2019, Daimler AG reported on April 26 that it expects to see slight earnings and revenue growth for the year. Daimler, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, stated that its net profit for the period ending March 31 dropped to €$2.1...
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Daimler CEO Draws (Electric) Line In The Sand, Portland Facility To Convert To EV Manufacturing
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 3:08pm | 704Move over Nikola Motor Company. Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is taking the power back. Electric power to be precise. In a keynote speech delivered this morning at ACT Expo, CEO Roger Nielsen declared battery-electric vehicles as the solution to achieve emissions-free commercial...
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Daimler Trucks Buys Majority Stake In Self-Driving Tech Innovator Torc Robotics
Friday, March 29, 2019 - 3:19pm | 495Daimler Trucks is buying a majority stake in Torc Robotics, another play in the company's efforts to expand its presence in the self-driving commercial vehicle market. Daimler Trucks is the world's largest truck manufacturer. Torc, a leader in self-driving technology, will remain a...
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Daimler To Open Detroit Connect To Third-Party Providers
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 2:49pm | 249Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced it has opened its proprietary Detroit Connect platform to third-party telematics service providers. Detroit Connect is a suite of connected vehicle services, and the platform is exclusive to the new Freightliner Cascadia model, according to DTNA, a...
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Daimler Recalls 3,300 Cascadia Trucks Over Accidental Airbag Deployment
Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 1:59pm | 240(Photo: Daimler).0 Daimler Trucks North America is recalling more than 3,300 heavy-duty Freightliner Cascadia trucks because of a potential air bag glitch in the steering wheel, which could unexpectedly deploy, increasing the likelihood of an injury or crash. The recall includes certain 2018-...
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BMW And Daimler Partner In A €1 Billion Mobility Joint Venture
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 3:06pm | 840German automakers BMW Group and Daimler AG have embarked on a joint partnership in the mobility segment, investing €1 billion in five different verticals within the market. In a meeting held in Berlin, Dieter Zetsche, the chairman of Daimler AG, and Harald Krüger, the CEO of BMW Group,...
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Trump Threatens 20% Tariffs On EU Cars
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 11:11am | 361In the midst of a burgeoning trade war, President Donald Trump has laid down a fast and furious ultimatum. “Based on the Tariffs and Trade Barriers long placed on the U.S. and it great companies and workers by the European Union, if these Tariffs and Barriers are not soon broken down and...
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From App Store To Financing In 10 Minutes: AutoGravity Is Fintech's Answer To Car Shopping
Friday, October 13, 2017 - 9:29am | 743AutoGravity, a fintech platform for car shopping, has been nationally available for less than a year. The app’s been downloaded more than 750,000 times and processed more than $1 billion in financing requests. With the announcement last month that the Irvine, California-based startup has...
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The Web Widens: Fiat Chrysler, BMW, Daimler Hitch Rides In Autonomy, Ride-Hailing Race
Thursday, August 17, 2017 - 1:34pm | 527There’s a lot of intermarrying going on in the automotive space. Amid pressure to match pace with accelerating developments in autonomous driving and ride sharing, a few major players either confirmed or were rumored to be exploring partnerships this week. Finally In The Driver’s Seat...
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Big 5 German Automakers Implicated In Price-Fixing Scandal; VW Exec Plans To Cop Plea In Emissions Probe
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 9:32am | 366The European Union and German antitrust regulators are investigating whether the five major German automakers colluded to fix the price of diesel emissions treatment systems, according to published reports. The claims against Volkswagen, Daimler, Audi, BMW and Porsche were first reported Friday in...