BERLIN, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — The German car manufacturer Daimler on Thursday presented a new sustainable business strategy with a “clear commitment” to CO2-neutral mobility as well as cost-cutting measures.
According to Daimler, global regulatory CO2 targets would require ongoing high investment. The growing range of plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles was leading to cost increases that would have a negative impact on the return on sales of Mercedes-Benz cars.
In Daimler's core business alone, Mercedes-Benz Cars, the car manufacturer planned to save more than 1 billion euros (1.1 billion U.S. dollars) in personnel costs by the end of 2022. To this end, Daimler was seeking to cut jobs both in management and in non-production areas such as logistics and accounting.
According to Daimler, it would be in close contact with its employee representatives “in order to make the measures as acceptable as possible.”
With the business strategy, Daimler was also seeking to improve its free..
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Daimler takes “reality check” on robotaxis
* Daimler says robotaxi tech proving difficult to perfect
* Benefits of such vehicles unclear
* CEO says to “rightsize” spend level on robotaxis
* Commercial vehicles may be more suited for assisted driving tech (Adds details)
FRANKFURT, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Daimler has taken a “reality check” on self-driving “robotaxis”, acknowledging that making them safe is proving harder than first thought amid questions over their future earnings potential.
Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius told journalists on Thursday Daimler would “rightsize” its spending level on robotaxis and that self-driving technology would more likely be applied to commercial vehicles for freight companies on long haul routes.
Carmakers raced to develop self-driving vehicles after Google presented a prototype car in 2012, leading Daimler to develop an autonomous Mercedes.
The idea of fleets of robotaxis picking up and ferrying customers around cities gained traction, driven by the stellar growth of ride services such as Uber an..
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