BERLIN—Daimler Chief Technology Officer Markus Schaefer said the luxury carmaker expects chip supply to remain scarce throughout 2022, particularly in the first half of the year. “Chip scarcity will also accompany us in 2022, particularly in the first half,” Schaefer said to a journalists’ roundtable. “We do not expect significant production capacity increases in the…
Daimler Truck Shares Climb on Frankfurt Market Debut
December 10, 2021
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FRANKFURT—Shares in Daimler Truck climbed on their Frankfurt market debut on Friday following the commercial vehicle maker’s long-awaited spin-off from Daimler AG. The split was announced in February and pitched by the two companies as an opportunity to unlock value in both Daimler Truck and the owner of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and vans. At 1023…
Daimler Powers Through Chip Crunch, 2021 Targets on Track
LONDON—Daimler AG reported a higher quarterly profit on Friday despite a 30 percent drop in Mercedes-Benz unit sales due to a global semiconductor chip shortage, as it focused on more profitable luxury cars and cut costs, and said it should meet its 2021 profit targets. The German premium carmaker said it expects chip supplies to…
Daimler CEO Hopes to Stabilize Supply Chain This Quarter
October 23, 2021
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DETROIT—Daimler AG Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius told Reuters on Friday the automaker hopes to stabilize its supply chain for semiconductors during this quarter, but expects real relief from shortages of chips will not arrive until 2023. Kaellenius, who is visiting Mercedes operations in the United States, said production of Mercedes vehicles during the fourth quarter…
Daimler’s Trucks, Luxury Cars to Go Their Separate Ways
FRANKFURT, Germany—Shareholders in Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars, on Friday approved the spinoff of the company’s truck division, a move intended to let the world’s largest maker of trucks react faster to change and focus on the new low-emission technologies transforming the automotive industry. The voting at an online shareholder meeting also means…
Daimler Takes 33 Percent Stake in European Battery Cell Venture Automotive Cells Company (ACC)
September 24, 2021
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BERLIN—Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz said on Friday that it will take a 33 percent stake in battery cell manufacturer Automotive Cells Company (ACC) alongside the project’s original founders Stellantis and TotalEnergies. The purpose of the partnership is to develop cells and battery modules and “help ensure that Europe remains at the heart of the auto industry—even in…
Daimler Truck Boss Says Chip Supply Has Tightened Further
FRANKFURT—Daimler AG’s truck business, the world’s largest, has seen the supply of crucial chips tighten further in recent weeks, the division’s chief executive said in a Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung report. “Since the summer months the situation has intensified again,” Martin Daum told the weekly newspaper, adding this had affected production in Germany and the United…
Daimler Truck Expects Gradual Ramp-Up of Electric Trucks Due to Cost
BERLIN—Daimler Truck, the world’s largest truck and bus maker, expects only a moderate market ramp-up of its first electric truck model, eActros, due to its high price, the sales head of Daimler’s brand Mercedes-Benz Trucks said. The cost of an electric truck is three times as much as one with a combustion engine, Andreas von…
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