Daimler Sustainability Report 2010 - Daimler Sustainability Report ...

Goals Activities/status Goal attainment Page
Continual reduction of fuel consumption
and emissions to the point of emissionfree
driving with battery-electric and fuel
cell vehicles. The key aspect here is to
quickly make such vehicles suitable for
series production, particularly with regard
to vehicle range and battery life.
Energy consumption and CO2 emissions from production operations.
Continual reduction of specific CO2 emissions
from production operations, to result
in 20% lower emissions in 2015 as compared
to 2007.
Pollutant emissions of the new-vehicle fleet.
Passenger cars: Introduction of additional
BLUETEC models in 2009.
Commercial vehicles: Cutting NOx emissions
via the series-production launch of
BLUETEC in Mercedes-Benz trucks and
buses sold in Europe, and advance compliance
with the Euro IV emission standard
(valid from October 2006) via BLUETEC 4
and with Euro V (valid from October 2009)
via BLUETEC 5.
Passenger cars: Early compliance with
the Euro 6 standard by 50% of all
Mercedes-Benz and smart new vehicles
in Europe by the end of 2014.
Safety.
The objective is to gradually increase the
share of heavy-duty trucks in the shortrange
distribution and long-distance transportation
that are equipped with assistance
systems. For example, today 10% of
vehicles are equipped with Active Brake
Assist; we would like to double this figure
by 2015.
// Production launch of smart fortwo electric drive in fall 2009: 1,000 vehicles are initially being
tested in mobility projects in major European and U.S. cities; starting in 2012 this electric vehicle
will be available to all customers. // Small-batch production of purely battery-powered electric
Mercedes-Benz passenger cars to start in 2010. // Small-batch production of B-Class F-CELL
launched in late 2009. Delivery to customers in Europe and U.S. commenced in January 2010.
// Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid bus on the road in fleet test in Hamburg from 2010 on
The ongoing projects to boost energy efficiency while at the same time reducing CO2 emissions
are effective and have considerably helped to cut total CO2 emissions by almost 16%. However,
they were not able to offset the increase in specific CO2 emissions, due to the substantial drop
in production in 2009, and in particular the fact that output at Vans and Daimler Trucks was cut
in half. The non-production-related share of energy consumption (infrastructure, administration,
and development) is becoming increasingly important, as a result of which CO2 emissions per
vehicle manufactured increased by 19% at Mercedes-Benz Cars, and by 35% at Mercedes-Benz
Vans between 2008 and 2009. Specific CO2 emissions at Daimler Trucks rose by 47% during the
same period.
// The GL 350 BlueTEC 4MATIC, ML 350 BlueTEC 4MATIC, and R 350 BlueTEC 4MATIC models,
which have also been available in Europe since the fall of 2009, already comply with the Euro
6 emission limits, which will go into effect in 2014. // The E 350 BlueTEC was also launched on
the market in the fall of 2009.
Daimler has delivered more than 260,000 Mercedes-Benz trucks and over 23,000 Mercedes-
Benz and Setra buses with BLUETEC diesel technology to customers since the beginning of 2005.
More than 90 percent of these vehicles comply with the EU’s Euro V emissions standard.
Enhancement of the engines and the existing technologies for emission reduction in gasoline
and diesel-powered vehicles in order to comply with the emission limits
Package deals such as the Safety Pack Classic and the Safety Pack Top cut the cost of buying
assistance systems in commercial vehicles by about one-third compared to buying the systems
individually. Various insurers offer lower premiums for trucks that have installed these safety
systems. In some cases employers’ liability insurance associations are also providing direct
subsidies.
Goal still applies.
Goal still applies.
Goal attained.
Goal attained.
New goal
New goal
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D 36–39
D 43
D 43
D 43
47
D 33–36