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New UNI-TOUCH operating system in daily use: Another Unimog implement carrier joins the Wertheim vehicle fleet
07 Aug 2025
The Wertheim municipal building yard recently put a Unimog U 327 with the new UNI-TOUCH operating system into service.…
From museum sleep to the road: reproduction of the first truck in history undergoes technical remanufacturing
06 Aug 2025
It’s a familiar sight in the lobby of the Daimler Truck Campus, the headquarters of the truck and bus manufacturer in Leinfelden-Echterdingen: th…
Daimler Truck brand BharatBenz introduces new models for India’s construction and mining sector
05 Aug 2025
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (”DICV”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG (“Daimler Truck”), recently launched new BharatBe…
Daimler Truck Financial Services launches operations in Poland
05 Aug 2025
Daimler Truck Financial Services (DTFS) continues its international growth course by launching financing operations in Poland.…
Daimler Truck delivers strong performance in Q2
31 Jul 2025
Amidst a second quarter marked by ongoing macroeconomic uncertainties particularly in the North American market, Daimler Truck Holding AG (Daimler …
Expansion of emission-free long-distance haulage: Dachser puts new eActros 600 into operation
31 Jul 2025
Logistics service provider Dachser continues to rely on battery-electric trucks from Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The company, headquartered in Kempten/Al…
43 times the power: A.M.A. from Spain relies on the new Mercedes-Benz Actros L ProCabin
29 Jul 2025
The Spanish transport company Autónomos Manchegos Agrupados (A.M.A.) has expanded its fleet with 43 Mercedes-Benz Actros 1848 LS ProCabins. The ce…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks introduces new extra-heavy truck Axor for Brazilian market
28 Jul 2025
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Ltda. (“Mercedes-Benz do Brasil”), the Brazilian subsidiary of Daimler Truck, has recently launched the all-new Mercede…
New Servotwin Generation: Intelligent Steering Assistance for the Highest Demands
28 Jul 2025
With the new Servotwin system, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is introducing the next generation of its proven steering system with torque overlay. The syste…
Daimler Buses at Busworld Europe 2025 in Brussels
23 Jul 2025
World premiere of the electrically powered intercity bus Mercedes Benz eIntouro, the new NMC4 battery generation in the Mercedes Benz eCitaro, a ho…
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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.
