Daimler
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Daimler AG (DAI) is a German manufacturer of automobiles and a multinational automotive corporation. It is one of the biggest truck manufacturers and car manufacturers in the world. This massive corporation employs over 200,000 people and sells vehicles in almost every country in the world. It holds productions facilities in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

The company which was formally known as Daimler-Benz, was the first in the world to equip passenger cars with diesel engines. Although Daimler is most-known for its  luxurious Mercedes cars, the company also designs and manufactures trucks, motorcycles (MV Agusta) and buses, as well as offers different financial services including retail financing and banking services.
 

Facts:

• The company is involved with research in many transportation-related fields including Biofuel research, fuel cell, electric vehicles and hybrid.
• Daimler owns or holds shares of several other large vehicle companies including Mercedes-Benz. It owns over 89% of the well-known Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation of Japan.
• The founder of the company, Gottlieb Daimler, was an inventor and he has patented one of the first internal-combustion engines as early as 1885. He has also assisted in the development of a commercial four-wheel automobile.