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Fuso Canter trucks for Haiti aid initiative

Fuso Canter trucks for Haiti aid initiative

2 February 2010
Daimler provides prompt support for the people of the earthquake-stricken Caribbean island of Haiti through the donatio...

DaimlerChrysler takes stake in McLaren

3 February 2000
DaimlerChrysler AG announces the acquisition of a 40 % holding in TAG McLaren with effect from 1 January.

Commercial vehicle show in Amsterdam with many innovations

Commercial vehicle show in Amsterdam with many innovations

3 - 12 February 2000
Mercedes-Benz presents two innovative safety systems for heavy-duty trucks at the BedrijfsautoRAI international commerci...

Active safety system ESP introduced

Active safety system ESP introduced

6 February 1995
In Arjeplog in northern Sweden, Mercedes-Benz presents the active safety system "Electronic Stability Program" (ESP) to...

Mercedes-Benz Vito features zero-emission battery-electric drive

Mercedes-Benz Vito features zero-emission battery-electric drive

7 - 9 February 2010
At a meeting of the Informal EU Competitiveness Council in San Sebastián, Spain, Mercedes-Benz unveils the prototype of...

Commercial vehicles from Gaggenau

Commercial vehicles from Gaggenau

8 February 1905
Georg Wiß founds the Süddeutsche Automobilfabrik Gaggenau GmbH (S.A.G.) in Gaggenau. The company is subsequently entere...

Launch of efficiency-boosting and revenue-optimizing programme

10 February 2005
The Mercedes Car Group initiates a comprehensive efficiency-boosting and revenue-optimising programme. With this CORE...

Environment-friendly technology in road testing

Environment-friendly technology in road testing

11 - 15 February 1980
Daimler-Benz presents a number of test vehicles with environment-friendly technologies at the international "ENVITEC – E...

MTU becomes subsidiary

14 February 1985
Daimler-Benz acquires the 50 % share held by MAN in MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union München GmbH. MTU Munich thus becom...

Berlin Daimler-Benz presents the 150 (W 30) rear-engined sports car

Berlin Daimler-Benz presents the 150 (W 30) rear-engined sports car

14 - 24 February 1935
At the International Automobile and Motorcycle Show in Berlin, Daimler-Benz presents the 150 (W 30) rear-engined sports...

Mercedes-Benz star encircled by a laurel wreath

Mercedes-Benz star encircled by a laurel wreath

18 February 1925
A trademark application is lodged with the Patent Office for the Mercedes three-pointed star encircled by a laurel wrea...

EvoBus created by merger

EvoBus created by merger

23 February 1995
EvoBus GmbH is created by the amalgamation of the Bus and Coach unit of Mercedes-Benz AG with Karl Kässbohrer GmbH, eff...

e-business: cooperation with Ford and GM

25 February 2000
DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors join forces to found a new company, initially bringing together the e-business...

Patent application for the Unimog filed

26 February 1950
Heinrich Rößler and Albert Friedrich file a patent application for the Unimog after requesting patent protection for th...

Cost optimization throughout company

26 February 1985
Following a pilot project at the Düsseldorf plant, the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG decides to conduct a stud...

170 S is available with a car radio

170 S is available with a car radio

28 February 1950
The 170 S is available ex factory with a car radio as an optional extra. From August this extra is also available for t...

US trucks: Freightliner cooperates with Oshkosh

28 February 1995
The presidents of Freightliner Corporation and Oshkosh Truck Corporation, Oshkosh, Wisconsin/USA, sign a letter of inte...

Last machine tool leaves the factory in Cannstatt

Last machine tool leaves the factory in Cannstatt

February 1905
The last machine tool leaves Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s Seelberg factory in Cannstatt for Untertürkheim.