https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Thousands of Daimler employees have agreed to cut their hours and give up bonuses this year to save jobs amid the coronavirus crisis, the German carmaker said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200728/thousands-of-daimler-employees-trim-hours-to-save-jobs Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:48:48 +0200 thousands-of-daimler-employees-trim-hours-to-save-jobs German car giants Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler have posted strong sales growth in the face of a contracting global market in 2019, shifting massive numbers of SUVs ahead of a pivotal year for electric mobility. https://www.thelocal.de/20200114/german-carmakers-beat-global-sales-slump-amid-job-cut-woes Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:16:31 +0100 german-carmakers-beat-global-sales-slump-amid-job-cut-woes German luxury automaker Daimler on Friday said it would slash at least 10,000 jobs worldwide in a major cost-cutting drive to help finance the switch to electric cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20191129/daimler-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-to-fund-electric-shift Fri, 29 Nov 2019 12:48:21 +0100 daimler-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-to-fund-electric-shift Daimler said Thursday it planned to cut jobs to save more than €1 billion by the end of 2022, as it grapples with an expensive switch to greener vehicles. https://www.thelocal.de/20191114/german-luxury-carmaker-daimler-set-to-slash-jobs-to-save-1-billion Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:52:28 +0100 german-luxury-carmaker-daimler-set-to-slash-jobs-to-save-1-billion Daimler confirmed Sunday it was facing a regulatory probe after a report said German authorities have uncovered a previously unknown type of pollution trickery software allegedly installed by the car giant in some of its vehicles. https://www.thelocal.de/20190414/germanys-daimler-faces-probe-over-new-cheating-software Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:27:33 +0200 germanys-daimler-faces-probe-over-new-cheating-software The European Union warned German car giants BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen on Friday that a preliminary inquiry has concluded they colluded to avoid competing on emission control technology. https://www.thelocal.de/20190406/eu-accuses-bmw-daimler-and-vw-of-breaking-antitrust-rules Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:58:04 +0200 eu-accuses-bmw-daimler-and-vw-of-breaking-antitrust-rules German high-end car giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler said Thursday they would work together to develop automated driving and driver assistance systems, the latest cooperation for the historically fierce rivals. https://www.thelocal.de/20190228/german-auto-giants-selfdriving-cars Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:32:12 +0100 german-auto-giants-selfdriving-cars Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler could be set for a massive fine in Germany over diesel trickery, as prosecutors confirmed Wednesday they had opened a probe similar to one that cost Volkswagen one billion euros https://www.thelocal.de/20190221/daimler-faces-massive-fine-in-diesel-probe Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:13:43 +0100 daimler-faces-massive-fine-in-diesel-probe The EU opened an in-depth probe into alleged collusion by major German carmakers over anti-pollution technology Tuesday, a fresh blow to the scandal-hit industry three years after the notorious "dieselgate." https://www.thelocal.de/20180918/eu-targets-bmw-daimler-vw-in-pollution-cartel-probe Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:56:11 +0200 eu-targets-bmw-daimler-vw-in-pollution-cartel-probe German automaker Daimler on Tuesday said it was halting its business activities in Iran after the United States re-imposed sanctions on Tehran. https://www.thelocal.de/20180807/daimler-halts-iran-activities-over-us-sanctions Tue, 07 Aug 2018 17:19:57 +0200 daimler-halts-iran-activities-over-us-sanctions A law firm said on Saturday it had lodged the first investor complaint in Germany demanding compensation from car manufacturer Daimler over the "dieselgate" scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20180623/first-investor-complaint-filed-against-daimler-over-dieselgate Sat, 23 Jun 2018 20:08:59 +0200 first-investor-complaint-filed-against-daimler-over-dieselgate The German government on Monday gave Mercedes manufacturer Daimler two weeks to come up with a full explanation after authorities said some of its diesel vehicles were equipped with illegal pollution cheating devices. https://www.thelocal.de/20180528/berlin-demands-answers-from-daimler-over-diesel-pollution-cheating-devices Mon, 28 May 2018 16:52:50 +0200 berlin-demands-answers-from-daimler-over-diesel-pollution-cheating-devices German carmakers Daimler and BMW said Wednesday they would merge their car-sharing services Car2Go and DriveNow, creating a European giant with around four million users to take on challengers like Uber. https://www.thelocal.de/20180328/germanys-two-major-car-sharing-services-are-about-to-merge-into-one Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:49:42 +0200 germanys-two-major-car-sharing-services-are-about-to-merge-into-one Germany's massive car industry is the biggest investor worldwide in electric vehicles, a study published Monday found, as it scrambles under increasing pressure to adopt low-emissions technology. https://www.thelocal.de/20180312/german-automakers-are-biggest-global-spenders-on-electric-cars-study Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:31:16 +0100 german-automakers-are-biggest-global-spenders-on-electric-cars-study Chinese billionaire Li Shufu has bought a near 10-percent stake in Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler, making him the German group's largest single shareholder, a stock market filing showed Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180224/chinese-billionaire-li-shufu-buys-biggest-single-stake-in-daimler Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:38:28 +0100 chinese-billionaire-li-shufu-buys-biggest-single-stake-in-daimler German transport authorities will next week recall thousands more Daimler and Volkswagen vehicles, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday, as the massive emissions cheating scandal that has engulfed the sector for more than two years shows no sign of going away. https://www.thelocal.de/20180216/daimler-vw-face-more-recalls-over-emissions-cheating-report Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:26:31 +0100 daimler-vw-face-more-recalls-over-emissions-cheating-report German auto giant Daimler has apologised to China again after sparking an outcry over an Instagram post by its luxury brand Mercedes-Benz quoting the Dalai Lama, seen by Beijing as a Tibetan separatist. https://www.thelocal.de/20180208/cant-make-amends-china-received-second-tibet-apology-from-mercedes-benz Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:11:06 +0100 cant-make-amends-china-received-second-tibet-apology-from-mercedes-benz German carmaker Daimler on Thursday delivered its first fully electric lorries to companies in Europe, as the global race to mass produce the first generation of "green trucks" heats up. https://www.thelocal.de/20171215/daimler-delivers-its-first-all-electric-trucks-in-europe Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:28:53 +0100 daimler-delivers-its-first-all-electric-trucks-in-europe German car giants Volkswagen and Daimler said Monday they are under investigation by EU antitrust regulators, in a new blow to the country's beleaguered auto industry. https://www.thelocal.de/20171023/eu-antitrust-investigators-target-volkswagen-daimler Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:31:27 +0200 eu-antitrust-investigators-target-volkswagen-daimler German carmaker Daimler is recalling more than a million vehicles, including Mercedes, due to a problem with the airbags, a company spokesman was quoted as saying on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171017/daimler-recalls-million-plus-vehicles-worldwide-over-airbag-problems-report Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:58:49 +0200 daimler-recalls-million-plus-vehicles-worldwide-over-airbag-problems-report