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Renault to Sell $1.4 Billion Daimler Stake

Renault SA plans to sell shares in Daimler AG worth about $1.4 billion (1.2 billion euros) to secure funds for its turnaround efforts after a record annual loss.

March 11, 2021
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Daimler Truck Eyes Profit Rebound, Electric Rig in Spinoff Year

Daimler AG’s truck unit will focus on restoring earnings this year and start producing an electric big rig as it gets ready to separate from the larger Mercedes-Benz luxury-car division after more than a century.

February 25, 2021
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Daimler Truck AG Taps Cummins to Supply All Medium-Duty Engines

Daimler Truck AG and Cummins Inc. announced a global partnership for medium-duty diesel engine development and production, and are considering other potential collaborations.

February 23, 2021
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°®¶¹´«Ã½ Chooses AWS as Cloud Provider

°®¶¹´«Ã½ announced it selected Amazon Web Services Inc. as its preferred cloud provider to handle the scale and speed needed for data transfer, storage and compute capacity as the company prepares to deploy its fleet of next-generation self-driving test trucks in New Mexico and Virginia.

February 19, 2021
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Daimler Posts Income Increase, Revenue Dip in Q4

Daimler AG reported a dip in revenue and a gain in net income in the fourth quarter compared with a net loss a year earlier.

February 18, 2021
Business

Daimler Truck Poised to Become Public Company

Daimler AG plans to split up into the world’s largest makers of luxury cars and commercial vehicles, renaming itself Mercedes-Benz and separately listing its truck unit by year-end.

February 3, 2021
BusinessTechnology

Daimler Picks Bernd Pischetsrieder to Be Next Chairman

Daimler AG’s supervisory board picked Bernd Pischetsrieder to be its next chairman and help navigate the maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars through a seismic industry transformation.

December 3, 2020
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Daimler to Take Stake in Luminar, Diversifying Autonomous Efforts

Daimler AG’s truck unit is investing in a laser-sensor startup to bolster its development of self-driving trucks in the U.S. less than a week after striking a deal to use driverless technology from a unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc.

October 30, 2020
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelAutonomous

Daimler Records Higher Net Income on Lower Revenue in Q3

Daimler AG reported higher net income on lower revenue in the third quarter as core markets began to recover from the impact of COVID-19.

October 23, 2020
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Uber Weighs Purchase of BMW-Daimler Ride-Hailing Venture

Uber Technologies Inc. is considering a purchase of Daimler AG and BMW AG’s ride-hailing joint venture Free Now, a deal that could boost its market share in Europe and Latin America, people with knowledge of the matter said.

September 28, 2020