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Emissions-free store deliveries by 2030: Lidl Austria relies on the eActros 600
28 Nov 2025
Lidl Austria is consistently driving its e-mobility offensive forward and, in addition to the14 battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 units al…
Rausch-Reisen picks up two new Mercedes-Benz Tourismo M from Daimler Buses in Neu-Ulm
28 Nov 2025
Rausch-Reisen Omnibustouristik GmbH (Rausch-Reisen for short) from Zörbig-Schortewitz in Saxony Anhalt has received two new Mercedes Benz Tourismo…
All-electric transport: Spanish logistics provider Transportes Ocón deploys 15 eCanter trucks from Daimler Truck brand FUSO
28 Nov 2025
The Spanish transport company Transportes Ocón is now deploying 15 fully electric FUSO eCanter light-duty trucks in its fleet. As part of its sust…
Daimler Truck all-electric brand RIZON expands dealership network in the U.S.
24 Nov 2025
RIZON, Daimler Truck’s all-electric commercial vehicle brand for the North American market, continues its steady growth across North America and …
Why this truck from Mercedes-Benz can save lives – new “Safety Truck” based on the eActros 600
19 Nov 2025
Preventing accidents altogether or at least mitigating their consequences has always been a top priority for Mercedes-Benz Trucks across all model …
Big vehicles, big responsibility: Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Daimler Buses are driving road safety in the electric era
19 Nov 2025
The Daimler Truck divisions Mercedes Benz Trucks and Daimler Buses are supporting the new nationwide initiative “Deutschland blickt’s” (“Ge…
Over 1,000 kilometers a day: the eActros 600 on the road in Swedish long-haul transport
14 Nov 2025
The fact that electric trucks can be used economically in long-distance transport is demonstrated by the company WLX WeLink Express in Malmö, Swed…
My PartsHub: new online store for spare parts
13 Nov 2025
With its new online shop “My PartsHub,” Daimler Truck is providing its customers, dealers, and workshops with a central platform for digital pa…
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles under new leadership
13 Nov 2025
Daimler Truck´s commercial vehicle business in India under new leadership: Torsten Schmidt (53), currently Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Merced…
A stretch limousine for local transport
13 Nov 2025
At the end of October, Omnibusverkehr Spillmann GmbH took delivery of an extraordinary service bus at the Mannheim omnibus plant. Managing Director…
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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?
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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.
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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.
