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      <title>Production of the smart fortwo electric drive Begins in Hambach</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This week, Daimler AG started production of the smart fortwo electric drive at the smart plant in Hambach, France. In a first step, 1,000 vehicles will be provided to customers participating in various mobility projects in major cities in Europe and the U.S., in order to generate broad feedback on electric driving under everyday conditions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; smart &gt; smart fortwo &gt; electric drive</category>
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      <title>Mercedes-Benz Boosts Sales by Seven Percent</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In October, global sales were up at Mercedes-Benz for the first time this year. Mercedes-Benz was able to increase sales significantly in October by seven percent to 88,400 units (October 2008: 82,500. The smart brand sold 9,300 (October 2008: 11,300) units (minus 18 percent). With the delivery of 97,700 passenger cars (October 2008: 93,800), total sales at Mercedes-Benz Cars increased by four percent. The October sales increase was due to the E-Class and the new generation of the S-Class as well as to high growth rates in many regions such as North America and Asia/Pacific.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Business News</category>
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      <title>Daimler AG Reports a Total of 18,854 Cars Sold for the Mercedes-Benz Cars Division in the U.S. for October 2009</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Daimler AG (stock exchange abbreviation DAI) today reported sales for the Mercedes-Benz Cars division in the U.S. (Mercedes-Benz and smart combined) of 18,854 units, an increase of 9.4 percent compared to October 2008. All sales figures in this release are on an unadjusted basis unless otherwise noted.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Business News</category>
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      <title>Brazil is 2009 the largest market for Mercedes-Benz trucks in the world</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Brazil is the largest market for Mercedes-Benz trucks in the world in this year. Between January and September 2009, the Brazilian unit of Daimler Trucks registered sales volume of more than 23,000 units of all weight classes. This equals a decrease of -20% compared to the same period of the record year 2008, a decline that has been much lower than in other major Mercedes-Benz truck market worldwide.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Business News</category>
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      <title>Daimler anticipates positive earnings from ongoing business also in fourth quarter of 2009 </title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After returning to profitability in the third quarter of 2009, Daimler AG (stock-exchange abbreviation DAI) anticipates positive EBIT from its ongoing business also in the fourth quarter. However, general economic developments and their effects on dealerships and suppliers could lead to an impact on fourth-quarter earnings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Business News</category>
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      <title>Maybach Golf Cup 2009 - Final tournament at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The finals of this year's Maybach Golf Cup brought invited guests of the high-end car maker to Los Angeles from 18 to 20 October. The tournament series, which has quickly established itself on the golfing calendar, reached its climax in 2009 at the Riviera Country Club. This private club, just a stone's throw from Sunset Boulevard, is a dream destination for any golfer thanks to its fabulous location, perfect playing conditions and breathtaking views of the Pacific.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Sponsorship &gt; Sport Sponsorship &gt; Golf</category>
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      <title>Expansion of Mercedes-Benz Rastatt Plant: Daimler invests EUR 600 million in center of excellence for compact vehicles</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz is further expanding its center of excellence for compact vehicles by enlarging its Rastatt plant with an investment of 600 million euros. In addition, a further 800 million euros will be invested in a new plant at the Hungarian location of Kecskemét. The Company’s total investments for these two locations thus amount to approximately 1.4 billion euros. The first vehicles of the successor generation to the current A- and B-Class will roll off the assembly lines in Rastatt from the end of 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Locations &gt; Rastatt</category>
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      <title>Third-quarter cash flow better than market expectations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Daimler AG (stock-exchange abbreviation DAI) today presented its preliminary figures for the third quarter of 2009. 
Group revenue amounted to €19.3 billion, while Group EBIT including adjustments and special items at Freightliner and Fuso amounted to €470 million; the industrial business generated a free cash flow of €2.3 billion in the first nine months of this year (Q3 2009: €2.0 billion). 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Business News</category>
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      <title>Start of Construction: Ground-breaking ceremony for new Mercedes-Benz plant in Hungary</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The foundation stone for a new Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicle plant in Kecskemét, Hungary was laid in an official ceremony held earlier today. In the presence of Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Rainer Schmückle, Chief Operating Officer of Mercedes-Benz Cars, and the project head for the new plant Michael Frieß, this marked the start of construction work on the additional location. Compact vehicles from the follow-up generation to the current A- and B-Class will be produced in Kecskemét from 2012.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Locations &gt; Outside Germany</category>
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      <title>Large-scale Series Production of the smart fortwo electric drive to Begin in 2012 in Hambach </title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Daimler AG today announced that it selected the smart plant in Hambach, France, as the location for future series production of the smart fortwo electric drive. As of 2012, the highly innovative electric vehicle, equipped with the most modern lithium-ion-battery, will roll off the assembly line in large-scale production and will be offered to customers through the smart sales network. The announcement was made on the occasion of an official visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Hambach plant.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; smart &gt; smart fortwo &gt; electric drive</category>
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