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The eCitaro as an ambassador for climate change
27 Mar 2025
With the handover of a Mercedes Benz electric bus to go.on, Gesellschaft für Bus- und Schienenverkehr mbH and Kommunale Verkehrsgesellschaft Lippe…
Daimler Truck plans to build Europe’s largest semi-public charging network
27 Mar 2025
For the fastest possible ramp-up of locally climate-neutral road freight transport with battery-electric trucks, the charging infrastructure is one…
Setra customers appreciate the fine art of travelling
26 Mar 2025
Neubauer Touristik GmbH, Reisedienst Bölck GmbH and Blitz-Reisen GmbH rely on the proven high level of Setra comfort with new TopClass vehicles.…
Next generation fuel cell truck: Daimler Truck tests first prototypes in the Swiss Alps
24 Mar 2025
Daimler Truck’s development team has built up first prototypes of Mercedes-Benz' next generation fuel cell trucks and has recently put them throu…
15,000th Mercedes-Benz truck for Rethmann Group
20 Mar 2025
Another milestone has been achieved in the long-standing collaboration between Mercedes Benz and Rethmann Group: the 15,000th vehicle was handed ov…
Daimler Buses presents eCitaro K and eMobility Services at mobility move 2025 in Berlin
19 Mar 2025
At mobility move 2025, the electric bus conference with associated trade fair organised by the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) from…
Daimler Truck shares success: German employees receive 4,140 euros for the company’s achievements
19 Mar 2025
Daimler Truck achieved a solid group result in the 2024 financial year, driven by a very strong performance in North America and at Daimler Buses, …
Daimler Truck Group results: 2024 another solid year, dividend of €1.90 proposed
19 Mar 2025
Daimler Truck Holding AG (“Daimler Truck”) delivered solid financial Group results in 2024, driven by a very strong performance in North Americ…
Connected from the first second: all new buses from Daimler Buses with digital services on the move
11 Mar 2025
From telematics for scheduling and passenger information to monitoring data for predictive maintenance, from fault warnings to data on the conditio…
Daimler Truck brand FUSO: all-electric eCanter convinces beverage retailer in daily home-delivery business
06 Mar 2025
The FUSO eCanter electric light-duty truck, which has been an integral part of the Daimler Truck electric product portfolio for years and is popula…
Featured
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
