daimler News Updates

Business

Daimler Launches Parts E-Commerce Platform

Daimler Trucks North America said it has launched an e-commerce platform that allows transactions between customers and DTNA’s parts and service network.

June 24, 2014
Business

Daimler Offers New Powertrain Leveraging Detroit Integration

DETROIT — Daimler Trucks North America unveiled a new Detroit-brand powertrain package here, providing greater vehicle-component integration and a series of new technologies to offer what company officials called their most fuel-efficient package yet.

May 26, 2014
Business

DTNA Unveils New Detroit-Branded Powertrain

DETROIT — Daimler Trucks North America unveiled here a new Detroit-branded powertrain package, leveraging greater integration and a series of new technologies to offer what the company called its most fuel-efficient package yet.

May 22, 2014
Business

UAW Ratifies 4-Year Contract at Daimler’s N.C. Truck Plants

Union members at three Daimler Trucks North America manufacturing facilities in North Carolina have ratified a new four-year collective bargaining agreement, the company said May 19.

May 19, 2014
Business

Daimler’s North American Truck Sales Lead 1Q Earnings

Daimler Trucks’ first-quarter unit sales rose 7%, led by North American and Asian sales, and its unit earnings before interest and taxes almost tripled to $472 million.

April 30, 2014
Business

Daimler Seeks One US-EU Truck Standard, Questions Long-Term Viability of Nat Gas

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The head of Daimler AG’s global truck and bus operations called on the supplier community to push U.S. and European regulators for a single standard for fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions.

April 7, 2014
Business, Special Coverage

Daimler’s Bernhard Sees Strong U.S. Growth

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The head of Daimler AG’s global truck and bus operations offered an extremely rosy outlook on the North American market and also urged greater cooperation between U.S. and European regulators.

March 28, 2014
Business

Daimler Trucks Expects Large Sales, Earnings Growth in 2014

Daimler AG’s truck unit expects to increase sales and profit in 2014, which eventually will help it reach a medium-term goal of an 8% return on sales, its top executive said.

February 24, 2014
Business

DTNA Optimistic on 2014 After Strong January

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Daimler Trucks North America, which achieved nearly a 40% market share in 2013, expressed optimism about the coming year following a strong January.

February 19, 2014
Business

Daimler’s Truck Earnings Nearly Double While Company’s Profit Falls

Daimler AG said fourth-quarter earnings at its global truck division nearly doubled from a year ago, but companywide profit declined.

February 6, 2014