Economics
Daimler’s 18,600-Mile Trip Parts With Century of Strategy Shifts
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Daimler AG is sending fuel cell-powered Mercedes-Benz compacts on a 30,000-kilometer (18,600-mile) trip to show that the best days for the 125-year-old German company aren’t necessarily behind it.
Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and racing colleagues Nico Rosberg and David Coulthard started the four-continent journey from Stuttgart on the weekend. Three B-Class models are heading to Lisbon before crossing North America and Australia. The trip’s final leg takes them from Shanghai to Moscow and Stockholm before returning to Stuttgart early June.