If only they'd listen to a world-class expert like you. They might even become profitable.
On Mon, Oct 28, 2019, 4:40 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What a bunch of misguided, misplaced effort. > > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote on 10/28/19 1:17 PM: > > AUTOS > > Daimler drops gas-powered truck to build CO2-neutral fleet > > Published: Monday, October 28, 2019 > > > > Daimler AG is quitting development of natural gas-powered trucks to pool > > resources for electric and hydrogen rigs that can advance its goal of > > offering a CO2-neutral fleet in its main markets by 2039. > > > > The world's biggest truckmaker is already working on battery-electric > > versions of a range of commercial vehicles, including the heavy-duty > > Mercedes-Benz eActros that's set to start production in 2022. Tesla Inc. > > last week said it's planning to start output of its electric semi in > > limited numbers next year. > > > > "Natural gas engines are fossil fuel-based and therefore a transition > > technology on the road to a CO2-neutral transport," Daimler truck chief > > Martin Daum said Friday in a prepared speech at a conference in Berlin. > It > > makes little sense to "spend a lot of money on something that does not > have > > a long-term future, when we can use that money much better elsewhere." > > > > Hydrogen-powered vehicles should be available by the end of the next > > decade, Daimler said. > > > > The truck industry, just like automakers, is under pressure to clean up > its > > vehicles, leaving manufacturers struggling with high costs. Still, > there's > > little choice but to meet increasingly stringent regulation and a global > > push to address climate change. > > > > "Especially when it comes to climate change, we've seen that things can't > > continue like this, and we as the auto industry are part of society and > > because of that have the obligation to do something about it," Porsche > > Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume said Friday at a conference in > > Stuttgart. > > > > For truckmakers, paying for the transformation is getting harder with a > > downturn in the truck cycle taking hold as the global economy softens. > > That's offsetting a boom in transportation demand fueled by online > shopping. > > > > Daimler's sprawling commercial vehicle operations, including the > > Freightliner nameplate in North America, Mercedes-Benz trucks in Europe > and > > Fuso in Asia, face long-standing criticism for trailing profitability at > > competitors like Volvo Group. Daimler this year turned the division into > a > > largely independent legal entity to make it more agile and nimble, as > part > > of a broader corporate overhaul. > > > > Daum has intensified efforts to cut costs to channel funds toward new > > technologies. The unit started series production of an electric city bus > > last year and its Fuso brand just showed a fuel-cell prototype vehicle at > > the Tokyo Motor Show in Japan. > > > > "Truly CO2-neutral transport only works with battery-electric or > > hydrogen-based drive," Daum said. "This can only be achieved if > competitive > > conditions for CO2-neutral transport are created for our customers in > terms > > of costs and infrastructure." *— Christoph Rauwald and Oliver Sachgau, > > Bloomberg* > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
