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Daimler kicks off production of 1,000 Smart ForTwo electric drive units
Daimler AG announced today that it has kicked off production of its new Smart ForTwo electric-drive EVs at the company’s plant in Hambach, France. The first 1,000 units produced will go to customers participating in various pilot programs across Europe and the United States.
The Smart ForTwo electric-drive will be available to the general public by [...]
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Daimler and Smart to launch cars2go in Austin, Texas
Daimler AG is ready to kick off a pilot program for its Smart cars2go service in Austin, Texas. The program allows city employees to rent a Smart for a couple of hours and return to a designated location provided by Daimler. A pilot with 200 Smart ForTwo cars will run with Austin city employees, reports Automotive [...]
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Daimler CEO’s advice to Fiat on Chrysler: Americans still like larges cars and SUVs
Even though Daimler AG and Chrysler’s break up back in 2007 ended like a horrible divorce, Daimler’s CEO Dieter Zetsche still cares a lot for the American automaker.
In a recent interview with USAToday, Zetsche said, “I continue to be emotional about this company and am crossing my fingers for the very best future.”
Zetsche said that [...]
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Mercedes-Benz will decide by January on C-Class production in Alabama
According Automotive News, Daimler AG will decided by January 2010 whether or not to shift some of its Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan production to its U.S. factory in Vance, Alabama. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said today that the decision would be based on the currency rates and whether or not the dollar will remain weak against [...]
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Maybach’s future in doubt, no decision on whether to offer next-generation model
It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard anything about the superluxury brand Maybach. Latest reports say that the brand’s future may be in doubt. Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG, recently told Automotive News that the company has made no decision on whether to build a second-generation of the Maybach sedan.
The current Maybach model [...]
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Daimler starts offering Sharia-compliant Mercedes-Benz loans
Daimler Financial Services announced today that it will start offering auto financing in Middle Eastern countries that confirms with the strict regulations of Islamic law, better know as Sharia. The Sharia law does not allow financial institutions to charge interest on loans.
Daimler launched to new companies known as Mercedes-Benz Finance Middle East and Mercedes-Benz Leasing [...]
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Daimler picks France to produce Smart ForTwo electric-drive
Daimler announced today that it has selected its plant in Hambach, France to produce the Smart ForTwo electric-drive. Starting in 2012, the lithium-ion powered Smart ForTwo will start rolling off the assembly line in Hambach in a “large-scale production and will be offered to customers through the Smart sales network.”
Daimler said that it will invest [...]
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Mercedes sticks to Magna, gives supplier SLS AMG body order
Magna International has received an exclusive order from Daimler AG to build the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, a sign of faith that the Canadian company’s fifth-largest customer will not pull business from it as it plans to take over Opel.
Magna said that its Magna Steyr unit based in Austria’s Graz, where the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is [...]
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Daimler considering building Mercedes-Benz C-Class in the U.S.
“The Stuttgarter Zeitung said some C-class production could be transferred to the carmaker’s plant in Vance, Alabama, from Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, as part of a wider production shake-up planned by Daimler to reduce costs.”, reports Automotive News.
By moving a portion of their C-class production to the United States, Daimler AG could save approximately $95 million, [...]
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Chrysler to replace Sprinter with Fiat Ducato, Iveco in the U.S.
Earlier this morning we learned that Mercedes-Benz is yanking its Sprinter from Chrysler and its Dodge dealerships by Jan. 2010. Chrysler Group LLC has now confirmed that it is considering two Fiat SpA commercial vehicles for the North American market to replace the Sprinter.
The vehicles under consideration include the Fiat Ducato and Iveco Daily. Gualberto Ranieri, [...]
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