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Aston Martin has become the latest carmaker to be caught up in a major recall of faulty Daimler steering-column components that can cause unintended airbag deployments. The British sports car maker is recalling all 3,873 DB11 coupes built since late 2015, when production of the flagship model began, Aston Martin spokesman Kevin Watters confirmed. He […]
HONG KONG/BEIJING – Daimler AG has turned down an offer from China‘s Geely to take a stake of up to 5 percent via a discounted share placement, as the German automaker has long been reluctant to see existing shareholdings diluted, sources with knowledge of the talks said. A stake of that size would be worth […]
Hydrogen fuel cells have mainly been used to power vehicles so far, but they could soon find another use: the server farms powering your internet services. Daimler, HPE, Power Innovations and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are expanding fuel cell use to “micro-grids” inside data centers. Solar and wind power would provide the bulk of […]
They really want humans and autonomous vehicles to be friends. https://media.wired.com/photos/59fcb7762d3f5732c7d5a9ff/master/pass/self-driving-moovellab-HP.jpg Feed: All Latest
German automaker Daimler AG’s trucks division said it would test a new technology called “platooning” on U.S. roads, allowing large digitally-connected trucks to save fuel by driving closely together, with one vehicle following the other. Daimler’s announcement, and promises on Monday by rivals Navistar International Corp and Volkswagen AG to field a medium duty electric […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen is a “second mover” in electrified commercial vehicles, after lagging companies such as Tesla and Deutsche Post DHL in putting them on the road, the head of VW’s trucks business told a German newspaper. He said Volkswagen had emissions-free alternatives to conventional trucks and buses on offer. “But maybe the German […]
StoreDot, an Israel-based startup that makes super-fast charging batteries built upon bio-organic technology, has raised $ 60 million in a round of funding led by Daimler’s trucking division, with participation from Samsung Ventures, Norma Investments, and a number of “financial institutions” from Israel and China. Founded out of Tel Aviv in 2012, StoreDot currently operates across […]
Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz (and others) is pushing to get the majority of its vehicles to run on electricity. But there’s still the issue of slow battery charging times that needs to be overcome if users are going to abandon gas. Which is why Daimler is throwing some of its cash towards Israeli startup […]
Minivans, while not the most exciting form of transportation, could have a role to play in society’s shift away from car ownership. Daimler, the company behind Mercedes-Benz, is teaming up with Via to launch a new ride-sharing service across Europe. Like UberPool, it will be an on-demand system that allows passengers to set their own […]
Volocopter just got a $ 30 million cash injection, thanks to a few investors, including fellow German firm Daimler. The automaker’s contribution can help the company stick to its timeline and its plans to release its first autonomous electric air taxis next year. Volocopter has been working on the creation of a personalized air transport […]
