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Mercedes-Benz is restructuring its management. Four long-standing members of the Board of Management - Renata Jungo Brüngger, Sabine Kohleisen, Markus Schäfer and Hubertus Troska - are set to stand down in the course of the year. The appointment of new board members Mathias Geisen, Olaf Schick, Michael Schiebe and Oliver Thöne marks the start of a rejuvenation of the Management Board, while at the same time continuing the systematic transformation of the company. Britta Seeger and Jörg Burzer will also take on new responsibilities within the Board of Management.

Mercedes-Benz Group AG presented solid financial results for 2024, and unveiled its largest product and technology campaign to date. At the same time, measures to improve performance were presented with the aim of creating exceptional added value for customers and shareholders.

In its Sustainability Update, Mercedes-Benz reported significant progress in its six focus areas and the ongoing establishment of sustainability in its operating business. Against the backdrop of regional differences in the progress of the transformation, the inventor of the automobile reaffirmed its commitment to electromobility.

Mercedes-Benz became the first car manufacturer in Germany to receive approval for special marker lights for automated driving. Germany was once again a pioneer in the field of automated driving, having been the first country in the world to authorise conditionally automated driving (SAE level 3).

On 8 May 1945, the Second World War in Europe ended with Germany's unconditional surrender. On the anniversary of the liberation from National Socialism, numerous large German companies reminded us that German businesses also made the rise of the Nazi regime possible - and what responsibility this entails for us today. Mercedes-Benz participated in this joint declaration.

The CONCEPT AMG GT XX  served as a pioneering technology programme, and offered an impressive preview of a future four-door production sports car from Mercedes-AMG. Many technical solutions were also intended for later use in series production.
The CONCEPT AMG GT XX broke a total of 25 endurance records  on the high-speed test track in Nardò (Italy). These include the record for the longest distance ever travelled by an electric vehicle within 24 hours.

Mercedes-Benz launched the most extensive product campaign in its history, and intends to introduce more than 40 new vehicles over the next three years. The all-electric CLA  (March), the CLA Shooting Brake  (July), the GLC with EQ technology  (September) and the GLB  (December) kicked things off in 2025.

In 2026, the all-electric VLE will usher in a new era for Mercedes-Benz Vans. The prototypes of the VLE successfully mastered the next major milestones in the development programme, and proved their uncompromising efficiency in three different disciplines.

With "Next Level Production", Mercedes-Benz is using digitalisation and automation as key competencies for the production of the future and is thus making its global production network more flexible, efficient and sustainable for the production of the new models.

At the IAA MOBILITY 2025, Mercedes-Benz presented a new era of electromobility and set the next milestone in its product offensive.

By 2027, 20 wind turbines with an output of 140 megawatts (MW) will be built at the test site in Papenburg in northern Germany. Around 20 per cent of the annual electricity requirements of Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Germany will be covered once the system is up and running.

With a new, modern and flexibly usable light channel, Mercedes-Benz expanded the wide range of testing options at its test and technology centre in Immendingen in southern Germany.

Aerodynamic optimisation plays an important role at Mercedes-Benz in improving the efficiency, range, comfort and safety of the vehicles. State-of-the-art measuring methods and simulations play a central part in minimising air resistance and increasing ride comfort.

Mercedes-Benz became the first automotive company to participate in the "Renewable Carbon Initiative" (RCI), thus taking a pioneering step towards fossil-free vehicle components.

As a driver of innovation, Mercedes-Benz presented the Tomorrow XX technology programme to support its own sustainability goals. Dynamic and forward-looking, Tomorrow XX consistently focuses on decarbonisation, resource use and the circular economy - from the first design sketch to the end of a vehicle's life cycle.