On January 16, Daimler Truck Group announced it sold 117,974 units in Q4 2025, i.e., down by 5% YoY compared to 124,386 units in Q4 2024. In 2025, the total sales reached 422,510 units, i.e., also down by 8% YoY compared to 460,409 units in 2024.
BEV truck sales increased by 52% YoY to 2,902 units in Q4 2025, compare

On January 12, it was reported that Mercedes-Benz will maintain its operations in Aguascalientes despite the planned end of production at the COMPAS plant, according to the local chapter of CANACINTRA.
Industry representatives stated that the dissolution of the COMPAS joint venture reflects a corporate separation bet

Mercedes-Benz had abruptly paused new EV orders in the U.S. last July, blaming “market conditions” at the time. While is was a disruptive time in the EV market, overall EV sales did well until the end of the USD 7,500 EV tax credit ended, which most Mercedes-Benz buyers did not qualify for anyway because of income li

On January 13, Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging opened three Canadian charging locations, marking the launch of a network of eight high-power charging hubs set to open over the coming months across the Metro Vancouver region. 
Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging, which currently operates an extensive network of over 6

On January 14, Mercedes-Benz India introduced ‘MB.CHARGE Public’, a digital service that provides Mercedes-Benz EV customers in India with access to a unified public charging network via the Mercedes-Benz app and an RFID card. The service integrates multiple charging partners, shows real-time charger availability, su

On January 14, 2026, Mercedes-Benz India announced that it delivered 19,007 units in calendar year (CY) 2025, representing a 2.85% year-over-year (yoy) decrease compared to 19,565 units in CY 2024. The Top-End Vehicles (TEV) portfolio, comprising the S-Class, Mercedes-Maybach, and AMG models, recorded 11% year-on-yea

On January 14, 2026, Mercedes-Benz India launched the Mercedes-Maybach GLS ‘Celebration Edition’, priced at INR 41 million, and commenced local production at its manufacturing facility in Pune. The Mercedes-Maybach GLS is powered by a gasoline V8 engine with a displacement of 3,982 cc. The powertrain delivers 410 kW

On January 12, Mercedes-Benz Group announced its sales results for Q4 2025 and YTD 2025. In 2025, global sales (cars and vans) were down 10% YoY to 2,160,000 units compared with 2024, and also down by 11% YoY to 558,400 units in Q4 2025.
Sales of passenger cars fell 12% YoY to 459,400 units in Q4 2025, and fell by 9%

On January 5 at CES 2026, NVIDIA unveiled its Alpamayo family of open AI models, simulation tools and datasets to accelerate the next era of safe autonomous vehicle development. The Alpamayo family introduces chain-of-thought, reasoning-based vision language action (VLA) models that bring humanlike thinking to AV dec

On January 6, Mercedes-Benz announced that it will move production of its entry-level A-Class from Rastatt, Germany, to its Kecskemét, Hungary, starting in the second quarter of 2026. The move will free up capacity and space at the Rastatt plant to support the ramp-up of the planned new models.
Mercedes-Benz's German

On January 5, smart announced that it will expand globally by entering its 40th market and will launch in more countries in 2026. The brand will also improve smartcare services to better support customers.
smart’s 2026 product plan marks a new phase of growth. The launch of the smart #2 and smart #6 will expand the b

On January 2, Mercedes-Benz announced that it will unveil the all-electric GLC for the first time in the USA at CES 2026. The new electric GLC is slated to join the US lineup in the second half of 2026. It has a range of 713 km and a power of 483 hp. It has an AI-powered MB.OS operating system, and the optional 39.1-

On December 25, Chongqing Qianli Technology Co., Ltd. (Qianli Technology) announced on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) that Chongqing Lifan Holding Co., Ltd. (Lifan Holding), a direct shareholder with a stake of over 5%, plans to transfer around 136 million shares in Qianli Technology (3% of the company’s total sha

On December 23, 2025, FICCI, in partnership with Mercedes‑Benz India, launched the FICCI Mercedes‑Benz India “Bharat Innovation & Business Ideas Challenge Programme”, a national initiative aimed at early‑stage innovators and startups.
The program focuses on sectors including manufacturing, sustainability, decarbonisa

On December 22, Mercedes-Benz announced it will pay out USD 120 million to multiple U.S. ‌states over emissions-rigging software in its vehicles, ‌which the company says now resolves the remaining Dieselgate proceedings against it in the U.S.
Mercedes-Benz ⁠agreed with U.S. ‌state attorneys to resolve civil environm

On December 10, Nokia signed a royalty bearing patent license agreement with Stellantis covering the use of its Wireless LAN technologies in Stellantis’ vehicles. This follows a recent agreement with Mercedes-Benz, also covering the use of WLAN technologies in their vehicles.
Nokia’s substantial portfolio of patents

On December 16, Mercedes-Benz announced that its all-new VLE electric van, the first model built on the new modular and scalable van architecture, will make its world premiere on March 10, 2026, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Merecedes-Benz VLE combines the smooth ride and handling of a limousine with the flexibility of an M

On December 14, multiple sources reported that workers at Mercedes Benz’s Vitoria plant, Spain, will hold one-hour strikes per shift from December 15 to 18, 2025. The strikes are called by unions ELA, LAB, and ESK due to worsening working conditions and poor work-life balance.
The unions announced that the strikes re

On December 15, Smart started real-world testing of its new all-electric #2, using the new Electric Compact Architecture (ECA) platform.
The smart #2 will keep the fortwo’s key features, including a two-door, two-seat layout, rear-wheel drive, and compact proportions. At the same time, the car will be fully redesigne