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Five At Five: Walmart’s Plans For Drones And Inventory
Five At Five: Walmart’s Plans For Drones And Inventory
May 30, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at payments and commerce news that you might have missed. Today we take a look at what...

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Daimler Takes Stake In Ride-Hailing Startup Taxify
Daimler Takes Stake In Ride-Hailing Startup Taxify
May 30, 2018  |  Investments

Daimler, the German carmaker that owns Mercedes-Benz, has acquired a stake in Taxify, the ride-booking startup, in a round of fundraising that gives Taxify a valuation...

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German Automakers Seek To Merge Mobility Units
German Automakers Seek To Merge Mobility Units
March 28, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

As the worldwide market for ondemand mobility services, such as ridehailing and carsharing, heats up, BMW and Daimler are seeking to combine their mobility units....

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Daimler Continues Rideshare Investments With $85M Stakes In Car2Go
Daimler Continues Rideshare Investments With $85M Stakes In Car2Go
March 02, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

German automaker Daimler just paid €70 million ($85 million) to buy the remaining 25 percent of carsharing company Car2Go that it did not already own....

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Mercedes and Bosch Queue Up For Self-Driving Taxi Test
Mercedes and Bosch Queue Up For Self-Driving Taxi Test
February 05, 2018  |  Intelligence of Things

Daimler’s Mercedes and Bosch are gearing up to test driverless taxis on the roads in the coming months. Engadget, citing German news site Automobilwoche, reported...

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Mercedes Develops In-Car Alexa Competitor  
Mercedes Develops In-Car Alexa Competitor  
February 05, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Amazon isn’t the only one with a voice-activated assistant. Daimler is rolling out its own with its new Mercedes A-Class, unveiled late last week. Reuters...

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Automakers Rev Up Venture Capital Engine With 38 Investments in 2017
Automakers Rev Up Venture Capital Engine With 38 Investments in 2017
January 19, 2018  |  Investments

Automakers that want in on ridesharing, self-driving cars or innovative car financing options aren’t always developing their own technologies or starting their own ventures. Some...

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Daimler Buys Majority Stake In French Ridesharing Company
Daimler Buys Majority Stake In French Ridesharing Company
December 22, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Daimler’s Daimler Mobility Services announced news on Thursday (Dec. 21) that it has acquired a majority stake in Chauffeur Privé, one of the leading private...

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Amazon May Be On The Hook For Selling Fake Mercedes Parts
Amazon May Be On The Hook For Selling Fake Mercedes Parts
December 08, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon has long avoided troubles with copyright and trademark infringement issues in the U.S. by calling itself a venue through which merchants can sell — not...

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