Daimler
Powered to the Festival Tents: eActros 600 delivers beer to Germany’s two largest folk festivals
05 Oct 2026
Daimler Truck is sending the battery-electric eActros 600 on a special tour through southern Germany: Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ flagship for long-hau…
Daimler Buses Drives Forward Expansion of Its Own Public Charging Infrastructure, with Hamburg Central Bus Station as the Next Location
30 Sep 2026
Daimler Buses is continuing to expand its public charging infrastructure for electric buses. Following Cologne and Munich, Daimler Buses plans to e…
With strong partners: Daimler Truck showcases the Unimog at InnoTrans and hands over a vehicle to the City of Munich
28 Sep 2026
At the international railway technology trade fair InnoTrans in Berlin, Daimler Truck, together with G. Zwiehoff GmbH and ZAGRO Bahn- und Baumaschi…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Girteka Agree on Delivery of 900 New Actros L ProCabin Trucks
28 Sep 2026
Daimler Truck and Girteka further expand their cooperation: At IAA Transportation in Hanover, the two companies reached an agreement for the delive…
New Setra Touring Coach for Hermann Hock Honors the Brand’s Heritage
28 Sep 2026
Hermann Hock GmbH from Steinfeld is celebrating two anniversaries with a Setra TopClass touring coach. The Bavarian company recently took delivery …
On behalf of Daimler Buses & Mercedes-Benz Türk: Otokar starts production of the Mercedes-Benz Conecto
28 Sep 2026
Daimler Buses, Mercedes-Benz Türk and bus manufacturer Otokar have celebrated the start of production (SoP) of the Mercedes-Benz Conecto at Otokar…
From Hanover around the world: Elektrotrucker Tobias Wagner starts global eActros 600 expedition
28 Sep 2026
Tobias Wagner, also known as “Elektrotrucker”, will start his round-the-world tour with a Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 expedition vehicle on Sunda…
Industry leaders scale full value chain for hydrogen mobility across Europe
28 Sep 2026
Today at IAA Transportation, Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, Toyota Motor Corporation, Bosch, Air Liquide, TotalEnergies, TEAL Mobility, and MB Energy…
IAA Transportation 2026: Daimler Truck Celebrates 130 Years of Trucks and Drives Transportation Forward
28 Sep 2026
130 years after Gottlieb Daimler invented the truck, Daimler Truck is presenting innovations in key areas of the transportation business at IAA Tra…
Electric High Volume Transport: Mercedes-Benz Trucks presents the eActros Lowliner at IAA Transportation
28 Sep 2026
At IAA Transportation in Hanover (Germany), Mercedes-Benz Trucks is presenting the new eActros Lowliner to a broad audience for the first time. Wit…
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
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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.
