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Daimler sets up sustainability board
To manage all of the green-flavored activities going on at Daimler, the company announced today that it has created a "Sustainability Board" at the upper management levels. This new board will be responsible for coordinating all of the "sustainability measures" (in the economy, ecology and society realms) at Daimler Group. Dr. Rüdiger Grube, Board of Management member of Daimler AG responsible for Group Development and Corporate Strategy, will lead the new board. Daimler is also presenting a sustainability report called "360 Degrees" at ... Read more →
Choren industries opens BTL plant in Freiberg Xavier Navarro
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has inaugurated the "first refinery of second generation" biofuels in Freiberg. The plant, owned by Choren, which partners with car companies VW and Daimler and the ...
Daimler figures diesels could make up 20 percent of its U.S. sales Lascelles Linton
Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche is bullish on the adoption of diesel in the United States. At the ECO:nomics conference, Zetsche told the Wall Street Journal that Daimler is very happy with its diesel ...
The ten cheapest cars in the world - #6 - Chery A-1 Xavier Navarro
Chery A-1: 5-door hatchback. China. $7,340 The A-1 looks like a competent subcompact and rumors are that it's going to be sold under the Dodge brand in places like Mexico. Nevertheless, it is Chery's ...
Zap still pursuing Daimler over Smart deal, California Supreme Court next Sam Abuelsamid
Once upon a time Zap had a dream to import the Smart ForTwo to the U.S. market. Unfortunately for Zap, that plan didn't work out and Smart's parent Daimler ultimately did a deal with Roger Penske to ...
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