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Commercial vehicles with low consumption and emissions.
We have also continuously reduced the emissions of CO2 and
other harmful substances by our commercial vehicles in recent
years. BLUETEC technology increases the efficiency and
reduces the polluting emissions of our trucks significantly: Fuel
consumption falls by 2 to 5%, representing 2,000 liters less
diesel per truck each year. The Mercedes-Benz Actros 1844 LS
is the world’s most fuel-efficient series-produced truck, with
consumption of 19.44 liters per 100 kilometers. Hybrid drive is
becoming increasingly important for commercial vehicles and
can reduce diesel consumption in delivery applications by up to
15%. Daimler is the world’s leading manufacturer of commercial
vehicles with hybrid drive: By December 2010, we had supplied
customers with about 3,000 Orion hybrid buses, approximately
1,000 Freightliner trucks and vans with hybrid drive, and more than
1,100 Fuso trucks and buses with hybrid technology. Worldwide,
a total of more than 5,200 commercial vehicles from Daimler are
on the road with hybrid drive.
Research and development expenditure
2010 2009 10/09
In millions of euros % change
Daimler Group
thereof capitalized
4,849
1,373
4,181
1,285
+16
+7
Mercedes-Benz Cars
thereof capitalized
3,130
940
2,696
913
+16
+3
Daimler Trucks
thereof capitalized
1,282
373
1,116
368
+15
+1
Mercedes-Benz Vans
thereof capitalized
267
29
193
0
+38
.
Daimler Buses
thereof capitalized
223
31
212
5
+5
+520
The most important projects at Mercedes-Benz Cars were the
successor models for the A/B-Class and the M-Class and the
model upgrade for the C-Class, as well as new-generation engines
and alternative drive systems. Total research and development
expenditure at Mercedes-Benz Cars amounted to €3.1 billion last
year (2009: €2.7 billion). Daimler Trucks spent €1.3 billion on
research and development (2009: €1.1 billion). The main areas
there were alternative drive systems, new engines for medium
and heavy-duty trucks and successor generations of existing prod-
ucts. The focus of expenditure at Mercedes-Benz Vans was on
the further development of engines to fulfill future emission regu-
lations. The Daimler Buses division concentrated its development
activities on new products, the fulfillment of new emission standards
and alternative drive systems such as diesel hybrid and fuel cells.
Further reduction in our cars’ CO2 emissions. Thanks to our
new economical engines and our additional BlueEFFICIENCY
models, we were able to reduce the average CO2 emissions of
the passenger cars we sold in the European Union in the year
under review to 158 grams per kilometer. What’s more, we achieved
this feat despite a greater share of exceptionally high-quality
and powerful vehicles in our model mix. The first of these fuel-
efficient automobiles, with which we achieve additional fuel
savings compared with the standard models of more than 20%,
was launched in 2008. By the end of the year 2010, 85 Blue-
EFFICIENCY models had become available. Meanwhile, nearly one
third of our cars sold in Europe have CO2 emissions of less
than 140 grams per kilometer. We will reduce fuel consumption
and CO2 emissions even more in the future with innovative
technologies for locally emission-free mobility. Our goal is to reduce
the CO2 emissions of our new car fleet in the European Union
to less than 140 grams per kilometer by 2012. In recent years, we
have continuously reduced the emission of pollutants by our
cars: by more than 75% since 1995 and by more than 30% in the
past five years. The emission reductions achieved by our cars
with our BlueTEC diesel engines are particularly impressive: by more
than 90% compared with 1995 and by more than 75% compared
with 2005. We are global leaders for clean diesel engines with our
BLUETEC technology. Our BLUETEC automobiles fulfill the
strictest emission standards and are the cleanest diesel cars
in the world.
In billions of euros
Research and development expenditure
total
thereof capitalized
5
4
3
2
1
0
20062007200820092010