Since its establishment as an independent
entity, Daimler Truck has begun a digitalization initiative to migrate away
from Daimler AG legacy systems with the strategic intent to lead sustainable
transportation with intelligent IT innovations. To develop trucks and buses of
the future, Daimler Truck is pursuing a clear technology strategy where, in a
carbon-neutral future, vehicles will be powered by both electric battery and
hydrogen-based drives. These vehicles are also likely to become more
intelligent through increased digitalization enabling next-level service
offerings, such as autonomous trucking.
“Trucks are the backbone of global
supply chains and Siemens will help Daimler Truck to chart the future of
carbon-neutral transportation”, said Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board
of Siemens AG and CEO Digital Industries. “Daimler Truck will build its
carbon-neutral future using our leading technology platform, using our leading
product engineering, lifecycle management and simulation tools.”
Daimler Truck is taking a global platform
approach, which means that the guiding principle of developing key components
and vehicle platforms once and then scaling them globally across brands and
markets is fundamental. To enable this, a cloud-based global collaboration and
common digital engineering system platform is essential, so Daimler Truck chose
Siemens as the technology and implementation provider to build this
next-generation engineering digital environment.
Daimler Truck AG is one of the world’s largest Truck and Bus manufacturers, with
industry leading positions in Europe, North America and Asia, and with more
than 40 main locations around the globe. With more than 100,000 employees, it
unites seven brands under one roof: Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built
Buses, Mercedes-Benz, Setra, BharatBenz and FUSO.
Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally transform using
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Siemens' software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to
optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to turn today's
ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire
systems, from product to process, across all industries,
Siemens Digital Industries Software
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