Mercedes-Benz Vans is working with Starship Technologies and Matternet to create new last mile delivery concepts which combine vans with both land-based robots and flying drones.
Read MoreDaimler Trucks presented the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck in Stuttgart yesterday (27 July), as “the first fully electric truck with an admissible total weight of up to 26 tonnes”.
Read MoreDHL Global Forwarding has been entrusted with the global distribution of the new Mercedes-Benz sports car, the AMG SLS Gullwing.
Read MoreSouth Florida-based DHL returns for a second year as sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, held in Miami Beach at The Raleigh Hotel, July 18 through July 21. The annual designer swimwear event introduces the 2009 collections and highlights DHL’s role in delivering the latest fashions to runways and customers across the globe.
As a major international presence in South Florida’s business community, DHL provides its supply chain expertise to world-renowned designers, including many recognized brands with roots or an expanding customer base in Latin America. In fact, DHL is the primary supply chain partner for many of the designers participating in this season’s shows, including Tibi, which will debut a swimwear collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, and ViX Swimwear, among others.
Globally, as the Official Express Delivery and Logistics Provider of IMG’s Fashion Weeks, DHL delivers Fashion Week events to four continents. In the U.S., DHL is the sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks in New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim is presented annually in Miami Beach at The Raleigh Hotel. Coinciding with the swimwear industry’s largest trade show, the invitation-only, runway-platform extravaganza provides designers’ swimwear and resort collections exposure to national and international media, style setters and fashionistas. South Beach becomes the host for fashion, beauty, supermodels and celebrities to coalesce to celebrate the sexiest swimwear designs in the world.
Read MoreDHL and pilot user of the Daimler AG (DAG) “F-cell” fuel-cell vehicle, was proud to contribute to the display of this environmentally-friendly vehicle by Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., Ltd. (MBJ) at the ECO CAR WORLD 2008 IN KOBE, which took place at Kobe Meriken Park from 17 – 18 May 2008.
DHL has been using the model since July 2006 as part of its ‘Green Logistics’ environmental initiative in Japan.
The “F-cell” vehicle will also be displayed at the ECO CAR WORLD 2008 IN YOKOHAMA, which will take place at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse from 7 – 8 June 2008.
As part of DHL’s ‘Green Logistics’ initiative – launched in Japan in July 2006 – DHL Japan introduced the F-cell to its vehicle fleet.
The F-cell, the world’s first mass-produced fuel-cell car, is modeled on the Mercedes-Benz A Class and is powered by compressed hydrogen.
DHL has been testing the vehicle under actual working conditions by using it for the collection and delivery of documents in downtown Tokyo, especially in the bustling Otemachi district.
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