German automakers Daimler and Volkswagen have launched a study to push for more “sustainable” lithium mining in Chile, according to lobbyist filings reviewed by Reuters, a sign of growing supply chain concerns ahead of an expected electric vehicle boom. Chile’s Atacama salt flat is by …
AMG is notorious for making ordinary Mercs look, go, and sound like properly antisocial maniacs. But not always—sometimes, it gets the inclination to take its talents to the high seas. Today, AMG announced the latest chapter in a partnership with Cigarette Racing to build a special-edition …
German luxury carmaker Daimler is intensifying existing cost-cutting measures and plans to cut up to 15,000 jobs, Handelsblatt newspaper reported, citing company sources. The group had said in November that it would cut at least 10,000 jobs and reduce staff costs by around 1.4 billion …
Daimler warned its earnings halved in 2019 and it faced further charges of up to 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) related to diesel pollution, in the latest blow to the German luxury carmaker. The profit downgrade, blamed on restructuring costs at the company’s vans and …
Luxury German carmaker Daimler and Volvo, owned by China’s Geely, are considering cooperating to cut the costs of developing combustion engines, a magazine reported on Sunday, citing unnamed company sources. The Automobilwoche weekly cited a Volvo manager as saying there were initial talks with Daimler, …
Mercedes-Benz is recalling nearly 750,000 cars because the vehicles’ sunroofs could potentially detach and fly off, causing road hazards. A full list of affected models can be found here in PDF form. The cars include the Mercedes-Benz’s C-Class, E-Class, CLK-Class and the CLS-Class, made between …
Mercedes-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), the German and Chinese automotive groups, today announced that they have formally established the global joint venture “smart Automobile Co., Ltd.” for the smart brand after receiving the regulatory approvals. The total registered capital of …
A new system that allows Mercedes owners to pay for parking via their cars’ on-board infotainment system has launched. The system, developed by parking firms Parkopedia and EasyPark, automatically detects when a car parks in an EasyPark-enabled public parking bay, recording the location and start …
