Daimler Truck BEV sales rose 69% in Q2 2024

During the Q2 2024, Daimler Buses increased its bus and coach sales by 8% to 6,648 units, compared to 6,181 in the same period last year. There was also a boom in battery electric vehicles (both trucks and buses), sales of which rose by 69% to 648 units (383 in Q2 2023). In the whole […]

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During the Q2 2024, Daimler Buses increased its bus and coach sales by 8% to 6,648 units, compared to 6,181 in the same period last year. There was also a boom in battery electric vehicles (both trucks and buses), sales of which rose by 69% to 648 units (383 in Q2 2023).

In the whole 2023, Daimler Truck sold 3,443 zero-emission trucks and buses, 277% more than in the previous year (914 units). Concerning buses, last year the group sold 9% more vehicles than in 2022 with an increase in revenue of 24%.

Focusing wide on truck and bus sales, Daimler Truck has achieved worse performance compared to Q2 2023: 112,195 vehicles sold, which mean a -15% compared to the prior year’s second quarter (Q2 2023: 131,888).

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Driver shortage pushes bus depots toward automation

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