Daimler
Daimler Truck opens new sales and service center for trucks and buses in Aschheim near Munich
13 Sep 2025
Just under a year and a half after the ground-breaking ceremony, Daimler Truck officially opened the Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle Center Munich…
Daimler Buses expands production capacity: Cooperation agreement signed with bus manufacturer Otokar
13 Sep 2025
Daimler Buses is expanding its production capacity through a cooperation agreement with Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.Ş. Starting from Septe…
“H₂ Coach” technology carrier: first Setra touring coach powered by fuel cell
13 Sep 2025
Daimler Buses sends its first coach with hydrogen based fuel cell drive on test drives. The technology carrier “H₂ Coach” from the Setra bran…
Daimler Buses installs complete charging infrastructure for the electric buses of Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB)
13 Sep 2025
A key milestone for fully electric scheduled service buses in the city centre is being reached in Stuttgart: on 4 September 2025, the charging infr…
Five and a Half Times Around the World: Daimler Truck Fuel Cell Trucks Successfully Complete More Than 225,000 Kilometers in Real-World Customer Operations
03 Sep 2025
Daimler Truck looks back on a successful year of initial customer trials for its Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck. In July 2024, the company started the t…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks hands over first eActros 600 models to major customer in Lithuania
03 Sep 2025
A new chapter in road freight transport has begun in Lithuania: Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Finėjas Group, one of the largest customers of the German…
Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and Minister-President Alexander Schweitzer visit Daimler Truck site in Wörth am Rhein
01 Sep 2025
Carsten Schneider, Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, and Alexander Schweitzer, Minister…
Market launch in Japan: Mercedes-Benz Trucks heavy-duty transporter Arocs and Actros models now available
01 Sep 2025
Daimler Truck AG (“Daimler Truck”), in cooperation with its partner Y-Engineering Company Ltd. (“Y-Engineering”), announces the launch of t…
Ceremonial handover of the first twenty eActros 600 trucks to Swiss customers
01 Sep 2025
With the motto “Electrifying Moment,” Daimler Truck Switzerland recently celebrated a milestone in electric mobility in Brunnen, Switzerland, a…
Team Buses in the Bundesliga – A Trusted Partner
22 Aug 2025
Daimler Buses plays with a numerical advantage. More than half of the football Bundesliga clubs will be using a vehicle from the Setra or Mercedes…
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By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
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