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• Was Button forced out of Brawn GP to make way for Schumacher?

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov 21 (ANI): Formula One champion Jenson Button may have been forced out of Brawn GP to make way for Michael Schumacher. The possible reason why Button opted to partner Lewis Hamilton at McLaren became clear after legend Schumacher’s secret comeback talks with Brawn were revealed. Schumacher met old friend ...
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• Daimler’s exec critical of Brawn purchase: “costly and controversial circus”

  
  Formula 1 Blog.com — Authority: 550
  As the financial woes of the current global economy seep through the myriad industries of commerce and leisure, I was intrigued by three news articles.  The first was a Telegraph piece By Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid.  The second was by our friends at F1-Live (GMM as source and we know how that... [[ This is a ...
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• THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED: THE MERCEDES-BENZ CITARO FUELCELL-HYBRID BUS

  
  German Car Scene — Authority: 534
  It generates no emissions while running, is whisper-quiet and conserves resources: the new Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid bus from Mercedes-Benz opens up a whole new era in drive technology for urban buses. The newcomer had its world premiere in June 2009 at the UITP Congress (the World Congress of the Inter­national ...
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• smart car city limits

  
  AutoBlog, Automotive News, Car Blog - Lotpro.com — Authority: 124
  With US retail sales of the small two seater currently at disappointing levels manufacturer Mercedes Benz initiates a pilot rental program in the Lone Star State. smart fortwo At LotPro.com , we’ve never really disliked the smart fortwo . Our argument with the car has always been that its focus may be just ...
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• Daimler kicks off production of 1,000 Smart ForTwo electric drive units

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 595
  Daimler AG announced today that it has kicked off production of its new Smart ForTwo electric-drive EVs at the company’s plant in Hambach, France. The first 1,000 units produced will go to customers participating in various pilot programs across Europe and the United States. The Smart ForTwo electric-drive will ...
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• Electric Smart Rolling Down the Line

  
  Autopia — Authority: 748
  Drum roll please! The electric Smart ForTwo is officially underway at Daimler’s factory in Hambach, France. From an urban mobility standpoint, there’s been a lot to love about the Smart from the get go. Although small, it’s built like a tank, it offers the comfort and convenience you’d expect and and it gets ...
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• Production of Smart ForTwo ED Battery Electric Vehicle Gets Underway in France

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 461
  Production of the Smart ForTwo ED plug-in electric vehicle began this week at Daimler AGs factory in Hambach, France, the automaker reported today. The first 1,000 of the zero-emissions ForTwo EDs (electric drives) will be provided to customers participating in various mobility projects in major cities in Europe and ...
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• Daimler’s Stab at Mobility on Demand Worth $85K for Austin

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  Daimler’s car2go, a car-sharing pilot project with 200 Smart Fortwo vehicles first announced in March, officially kicked off Wednesday in Austin, Tex. Now city employees will be able to pick up networked vehicles at stations and designated parking spaces around Austin, and drop them off anywhere within the service ...
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• Daimler’s Stab at Mobility on Demand Worth $85K for Austin

  
  Earth2Tech — Authority: 656
  Daimler’s car2go, a car-sharing pilot project with 200 Smart Fortwo vehicles first announced in March , officially kicked off Wednesday in Austin, Tex. Now city employees will be able to pick up networked vehicles at stations and designated parking spaces around Austin, and drop them off anywhere within the service ...
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• Mercedes Grand Prix searches for drivers while dispelling boards concerns

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 781
  Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Mercedes-Benz The new Mercedes GP car rendered - Click above to view in high-resolution With two manufacturers leaving the series , four new teams joining the grid and a giant game of musical chairs amongst the drivers ensuing, the off-season ...
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• (ALV) Autoliv to Acquire Assets From Delphi

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 165
  Autoliv ( ALV ) will enhance its vertical integration capability by acquiring the Occupant Protection Safety (OPS) assets from Michigan-based auto parts manufacturer, Delphi Corporation, formerly a subsidiary of General Motors (MTLQQ). Earlier this year, Delphi has announced its plan to exit from its OPS business ...
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• Aabar wants to increase its 9.1% stake in Daimler to 15%

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 598
  Teaming up to jointly acquire a majority of Formula One champions Brawn GP seems to have whet Aabar’s appetite for more as it now says that it wants to raise its 9.1% stake to 15%. This statement was made by Khadem al Qubaisi, the chairman of Aabar, Daimler AG’s largest shareholder. These comments resulted to [...]
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• Mazda Wins Innovation Award for Its Stop-Start System But Reason Why Isn’t Clear

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 461
  Mazda Motor Corp. was honored today with the 2009 Technology of the Year award from a non-profit coalition of Japan-based automotive critics and journalists for the automakers i-stop idling stop-start system, which is a little perplexing. A stop-start system automatically shuts down and restarts an automobiles ...
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• Zetsche defends Brawn buyout after criticism

  
  Flagworld.com >> News — Authority: 500
  “In the future we will attain a greater attention for our brand for a clearly smaller cost.” -Zetsche Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche has written a letter in defence of Mercedes’ decision to take over the Brawn team and rename it Mercedes GP. A member of the carmaker’s Betriebsrat (supervisory board) ...
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• Daimler Sells One F1 Team, Then Buys Another

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 461
  Yesterday Daimler announced that McLaren would be buying out Daimler’s interest in their joint venture Formula 1 team. Many, including board member Erich Klemm, thought this made all kinds of sense. “In the (car) factories, every cent is being turned over three times. The employees are feeling the financial crisis ...
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• Belgian foam maker Recticel to cut jobs due to a demand made by Daimler

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 598
  To meet demands from Daimler AG, Belgian foam maker Recticel said earlier this week that it had to cut 110 jobs at its plant in Wetteren, Belgium, and move some of its production to Germany. Under a contract that expires at the end of 2010, Recticel produces components for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class at three plants, ...
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• Maybach: No Substitute For A Rolls Royce

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 461
  To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, the Maybach experiment was a conspiracy between Daimler and the rich to make the rest of us feel smart. The ultimate zombie brand, exhumed during the go-go nineties as a way for Daimler to charge even more for a stretched S Class, has now fallen on troubled times. And now, according ...
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• Abu Dhabi Wants A Second Date With Daimler

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 461
  Reuters reports that Aabar Investments is considering increasing their stake in Daimler AG from 9.1% to 15%. Aabar is already Daimler largest shareholder and this move, should it happen, will further cement this position. The Abu Dhabi investment fund paid $2.7 billion for the 9.1% stake when the share price €20.77. ...
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• Daimler Gets German Gant to Develop Mercedes-Benz Electric Delivery Vans

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 461
  Anticipating a payoff in cleaner city air and a lowering of national CO2 emissions, the German environmental ministry is awarding automaker Daimler a grant of up to 9 million euros ($13.46 million) to subsidize development of an all-electric version of its Sprinter commercial van. Up to 50 of the electric vans will be ...
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• Forget Zipcar - Smart reportedly readying car2go car-sharing program in Texas

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 710
  Filed under: Transportation Alternatives , SMART Steers and Smarts - Click above for a high-res image gallery Daimler announced in March it would bring the tiny Smart car to the big state of Texas through its car-sharing service car2go. At the time, the German automaker declared that entering the ...
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