40 PS Mercedes-Simplex, 1903.

Company History.

From the beginnings of the automobile with Benz Patent Motorcar through to fuel cells and electric cars. From Gottlieb Daimler’s experimental workshop in his garden shed to a global corporation providing personal mobility in more than 200 countries throughout the world.

Company History

1885-1886.

Benz Patent Motor Car: The first automobile.

Chronicle 1885 - 1886

 Wagon assembly

1886 - 1920.

Beginnings of the automobile: the predecessor companies.

Chronicle 1886 - 1920

1920-1933.

Daimler-Benz between the wars.

Chronicle 1920 - 1933

 Genshagen

1933 - 1945.

Daimler-Benz in the Nazi Era.

Chronicle 1933 - 1945

 The repair facility at the war-torn Untertürkheim plant in 1947

1945 - 1949.

Reconstruction.

Chronicle 1945 - 1949

 300 SL

1949 - 1960.

Economic miracle and return to the world market.

Chronicle 1949 - 1960

 Demonstration of the standard version of the anti-lock braking system (ABS) on the test track at the Mercedes-Benz Stuttgart-Untertürkheim plant with Mercedes-Benz S-Class saloons (model series 116), 1978.

1961 - 1983.

Growth in all areas.

Chronicle 1961 - 1983

 Mercedes-Benz MB 100 minibus with electric drive, 1994. The electrical components come from AEG.

1984 - 1995.

Integrated technology group.

Chronicle 1984 - 1995

 Built for the M-Class: The Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama/USA.

1995 - 2007.

"World Corp." vision: the merger between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler.

Chronicle 1995 - 2007

 Mercedes-Benz S 400 HYBRID.

2008-2009.

Daimler AG: Global economic crisis and comeback.

Chronicle 2008 - 2009

 Atego

2010 - 2011.

Boom and Internationalization.

Chronicle 2010 - 2011

2012 - 2015.

Key milestones for the future.

Chronicle 2012 - 2015

2016 - 2019.

Electric mobility gains momentum.

Chronicle 2016 - 2019

 MBSU 2020 Ola Källenius

2020.

Of strategy and pandemic.

Chronicle 2020

 Project Focus.

2021.

Pure-play car & van business after successful Daimler Truck spin-off.

Chronicle 2021

 Travelling from Sindelfingen across the Swiss Alps and Northern Italy, to its destination of Cassis on the Côte d'Azur, the Vision EQXX effortlessly covered more than 1,000 km in everyday traffic, on a single battery charge.

2022.

Transformation continues.

Chronicle 2022

 Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

2023.

Artificial intelligence and a sustainable business strategy.

Chronicle 2023