DaimlerChrysler became the first car manufacturer in the world to offer fuel cell vehicles for sale after announcing plans to build and sell 20 city buses with fuel cell drives during the next three years.
Thursday 6th April 2000 DaimlerChrysler became the first car manufacturer in the world to offer fuel cell vehicles for sale after announcing plans to build and sell 20 city buses with fuel cell drives during the next three years.
Mitsubishi sold a controlling 34 percent stake to DaimlerChrysler for €2
Monday 27th March 2000 Mitsubishi sold a controlling 34 percent stake to DaimlerChrysler for €2.1 billion.
DaimlerChrysler announced it had acquired 34% of Mitsubishi Motors
Tuesday 21st March 2000 DaimlerChrysler announced it had acquired 34% of Mitsubishi Motors.
Ford, GM, and DaimlerChrysler jointly announced that they were planning to combine their efforts to form a business-to-business integrated supplier exchange through a single global portal
Friday 25th February 2000 Ford, GM, and DaimlerChrysler jointly announced that they were planning to combine their efforts to form a business-to-business integrated supplier exchange through a single global portal.
Manufacture of the Chrysler PT Cruiser began at the Toluca Car Assembly in Toluca, Mexico
Monday 14th February 2000 Manufacture of the Chrysler PT Cruiser began at the Toluca Car Assembly in Toluca, Mexico.
Using its famed muscle cars, interactive exhibits and a head-turning concept car tower, DaimlerChrysler unveiled its American heritage to the world at the opening of the Walter P
Tuesday 5th October 1999 Using its famed muscle cars, interactive exhibits and a head-turning concept car tower, DaimlerChrysler unveiled its American heritage to the world at the opening of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Michigan (US). A 125-seat theatre featured three brief films: The Early Years: The Life and Times of Walter…
DaimlerChrysler unveiled the first driveable zero-emission, fuel cell car in the US, that demonstrated a 40% increase in fuel cell power and up to three times the range of a battery-powered vehicle
Wednesday 17th March 1999 DaimlerChrysler unveiled the first driveable zero-emission, fuel cell car in the US, that demonstrated a 40% increase in fuel cell power and up to three times the range of a battery-powered vehicle. NECAR 4 (New Electric Car), used fuel cell technology to generate electricity and water vapour. Based on a Mercedes-Benz…
The brand-new DaimlerChrysler began trading its shares on the New York Stock Exchange
Tuesday 17th November 1998 The brand-new DaimlerChrysler began trading its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The company had formed five days earlier, when the American Chrysler Corporation merged with the German conglomerate Daimler-Benz AG. As a result of the merger, DaimlerChrysler became the world’s fifth-largest automaker (behind General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen.…
Daimler-Benz completed a merger with Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler
Thursday 12th November 1998 Daimler-Benz completed a merger with Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler. The merger was contentious, with investors launching lawsuits over whether the transaction was the ‘merger of equals’ that senior management claimed or actually amounted to a Daimler-Benz takeover of Chrysler. Daimler-Chrysler appeared to run as two independent product lines until 2002 when…
German automobile company Daimler-Benz, maker of the world-famous luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz, announced a $36 billion merger with the US-based Chrysler Corporation
Thursday 7th May 1998 German automobile company Daimler-Benz, maker of the world-famous luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz, announced a $36 billion merger with the US-based Chrysler Corporation. The purchase of Chrysler, America’s third-largest car company, by the Stuttgart-based Daimler-Benz marked the biggest acquisition by a foreign buyer of any U.S. company in history. Though marketed to…