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Chennai, 25th March 2018 – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier today visited the manufacturing plant of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) in Oragadam near Chennai.
Chennai – Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) - the wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of Daimler AG – has been named India’s ‘CV Manufacturer of the Year’ for the second time since 2014. At this year’s edition of the Apollo CV Awards held in Mumbai on 15th February, DICV also received two important awards for its heavy-duty truck BharatBenz 3723R and medium-duty truck BharatBenz 1014R Euro-V. In addition, the jury’s panel of industry experts named Mr. Erich Nesselhauf, Managing Director and CEO of DICV, ‘CV Man of the Year’. The Apollo CV Awards are the most reputed independent recognition for India’s commercial vehicle industry.
Chennai – BharatBenz is forging ahead with the deployment of safety features in its trucks with the introduction of an innovative Driver State Monitoring System (DSMS). An industry-first in India’s commercial vehicle segment, the goal is to avoid dangerous situations of drivers falling asleep or otherwise being distracted at the wheel. The DSMS will be introduced on all premium variants of the BharatBenz heavy-duty truck range and will be available for order on other heavy-duty models and as an aftersales solution for existing heavy-duty customer vehicles. First deliveries to customers are planned for April 2018.
Chennai – Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) - the wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of Daimler AG, the world’s leading CV manufacturer with a global reach – recorded 2017 as the most successful year in its young history. Strong momentum from fresh products and tailwind from regulatory changes in the market environment drove domestic sales to new heights.
Society Trucking, an authorized dealer of BharatBenz trucks in Uttar Pradesh since 2013, celebrated the sales milestone of delivering 1,000 BharatBenz trucks to customers in the region.
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) in association with Topsel Trucking today inaugurated a new state-of-the-art BharatBenz dealership in Kolkata. The latest addition to DICV’s sales, service and spares network will cater to BharatBenz trucks and buses.
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) with its BharatBenz brand has handed over the first units of its all-new, eco-friendly medium-duty trucks in the Delhi and NCR region. The customer, logistics firm M/s Sure Cargo Control Pvt. Ltd. received the keys of two units of BharatBenz 1014R E5 trucks at Dhingra Trucking, one of the brand’s authorized sales and service partners in the region.
Marking an unprecedented ramp-up in India’s commercial vehicle industry, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) celebrates the fifth anniversary of the market launch of BharatBenz trucks. Since September 2012, the brand has continuously advanced despite adverse conditions such as an overall industry downturn or multiple market distortions in 2016. More than 55,000 trucks have been delivered to customers across India.
Running up to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its market launch, BharatBenz has embarked on its “High Five with BharatBenz” campaign that has a convoy of BharatBenz trucks from across the brand’s portfolio travelling across the country for more than a month. On this journey of more than 8,000 km, the campaign will make more than 50 stops across19 major cities.