In an exclusive interview, the trade publication "Automobil Industrie" asks Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche about autonomous driving, lightweight construction, electromobility, fuel cells and future cooperation with Aston Martin, BYD, Renault-Nissan and Tesla. Even if it will still take some time, e-mobility is "the technology of the future" according to Zetsche.



In the very long term, the combustion engine will therefore also be a discontinued model: "It will continue to run for a long time, especially when I think of trucks," comments the Daimler CEO: "But in passenger cars, we will increasingly see the combination and ultimately also the pure electric motor in a relevant number of units." The entire interview will appear in the next issue of "Automobil Industrie", which will be published on February 2, 2015.



When asked about the fuel cell, Zetsche explained that the infrastructure required for this could not be provided by Daimler alone: "You would have to invest around one billion euros in Germany, for example, to build a hydrogen network, which would then have additional running costs - and that would only provide us with a basic supply here in Germany. At the same time, we would have to invest hundreds of millions in vehicle technology and would still not see a corresponding return for a very long time."



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