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 German authorities will "likely" discover software rigging the level of diesel emissions in Mercedes-Benz cars other than those already sanctioned, the Daimler group warned on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200222/dieselgate-recall-of-more-mercedes-vehicles-likely Sat, 22 Feb 2020 10:21:04 +0100 dieselgate-recall-of-more-mercedes-vehicles-likely Mercedes mechanics arrived for work wearing full white overalls and tweed caps on Saturday as the team continued its celebrations of 125 years of motorsport and their 200th race start at their home German Grand Prix. https://www.thelocal.de/20190728/mercedes-opt-for-retro-cool-as-rain-dispels-heat-at-hockenheim Sun, 28 Jul 2019 11:19:30 +0200 mercedes-opt-for-retro-cool-as-rain-dispels-heat-at-hockenheim Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes team on Thursday revealed a special "retro" half-white livery for their cars being used to celebrate 125 years of motor sport at this weekend's German Grand Prix. https://www.thelocal.de/20190725/mercedes-mark-125-years-of-racing-with-retro-look Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:35:34 +0200 mercedes-mark-125-years-of-racing-with-retro-look German giant Mercedes-Benz says it wants to stop selling traditional combustion engine cars by 2039 and plans for its new vehicles sold worldwide by that time to be carbon-neutral. https://www.thelocal.de/20190513/german-car-maker-mercedes-plans-to-abandon-combustion-engines-by-2039 Mon, 13 May 2019 23:18:43 +0200 german-car-maker-mercedes-plans-to-abandon-combustion-engines-by-2039 After years watching Tesla's electric cars speed ahead while they have been on the defensive over an industry-wide diesel emissions scandal, German high-end manufacturers have finally unveiled their first challengers to the Californian upstart. https://www.thelocal.de/20180923/late-to-the-party-german-carmakers-join-race-against-tesla Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:23:26 +0200 late-to-the-party-german-carmakers-join-race-against-tesla 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 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 US President Donald Trump's threat to impose steep tariffs on auto imports will hit foreign automakers that export a large number of vehicles to the US market, but many also manufacture cars domestically. https://www.thelocal.de/20180526/new-us-tariffs-a-headache-for-german-automakers Sat, 26 May 2018 11:13:22 +0200 new-us-tariffs-a-headache-for-german-automakers 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 Mercedes-Benz has become the latest foreign company to run afoul of Beijing's policies on Tibet and other Chinese-claimed regions, apologising for "hurting the feelings" of the people of China for quoting the Dalai Lama on Instagram. https://www.thelocal.de/20180207/mercedes-issues-grovelling-apology-to-chinese-after-quoting-dalai-lama Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:23:15 +0100 mercedes-issues-grovelling-apology-to-chinese-after-quoting-dalai-lama A 1939 luxury Mercedes limousine used to carry Adolf Hitler around Germany will be auctioned in the US state of Arizona next month - one of only four such models ever built. https://www.thelocal.de/20171227/hitlers-nazi-parade-mercedes-set-for-us-auction Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:54:45 +0100 hitlers-nazi-parade-mercedes-set-for-us-auction 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 Daimler was the first firm among a suspected German carmakers' cartel to break ranks and report the collaboration to authorities, potentially sparing it billions in fines, German media reported Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170725/daimler-dodges-billions-in-fines-for-being-the-first-firm-to-reveal-evidence-of-a-cartel Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:22:08 +0200 daimler-dodges-billions-in-fines-for-being-the-first-firm-to-reveal-evidence-of-a-cartel Despite the recent "America First" scoldings of President Donald Trump, foreign automakers have helped transform the economy of the Deep South in the past three decades. https://www.thelocal.de/20170616/how-german-car-makers-are-changing-lives-in-the-us-deep-south Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:19:32 +0200 how-german-car-makers-are-changing-lives-in-the-us-deep-south German police on Tuesday searched the offices of Daimler as part of their investigation into possible manipulation of emissions data by employees at the auto giant. https://www.thelocal.de/20170523/police-raid-daimler-offices-nationwide-in-emissions-fraud-probe Tue, 23 May 2017 18:17:34 +0200 police-raid-daimler-offices-nationwide-in-emissions-fraud-probe German auto giant Daimler said Tuesday it removed a top executive of its China trucks and buses unit, after his allegedly racist remarks in a parking row became national news. https://www.thelocal.de/20161122/all-chinese-are-bastards-leads-to-mercedes-boss-sacking Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:33:13 +0100 all-chinese-are-bastards-leads-to-mercedes-boss-sacking Mercedes will not save the German Grand Prix's place in the 2017 calendar of races, team boss Toto Wolff said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161112/future-of-german-grand-prix-is-bernies-call-mercedes Sat, 12 Nov 2016 17:00:53 +0100 future-of-german-grand-prix-is-bernies-call-mercedes Major names in the auto industry found themselves caught in headlights of a global engine-rigging scandal on Friday as Volkswagen totted up the costs it faces so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20160422/car-makers-recall-630000-vehicles-over-emissions-flaws Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:50:44 +0200 car-makers-recall-630000-vehicles-over-emissions-flaws Shares in German carmaker Daimler, owner of Mercedes-Benz, fell sharply on Friday after the group announced a steep drop in profits in the first quarter and a probe into the emissions values of its cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20160422/mercedes-shares-plunge-as-company-opens-emissions-probe Fri, 22 Apr 2016 12:19:52 +0200 mercedes-shares-plunge-as-company-opens-emissions-probe German government testing shows that Volkswagen was far from the only car company which cheated regulations on emissions from their diesel engines. https://www.thelocal.de/20160420/several-german-car-manufacturers-cheated-on-emissions Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:02:23 +0200 several-german-car-manufacturers-cheated-on-emissions