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The Challenge for Daimler's Incoming CEO: a Future Without Gas
- Kallenius oversaw electric lineup after career in sports cars
- Trade wars, consumers shifting to car sharing among key tasks
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Ola Kallenius grew up at Daimler AG doing what most people associate with German car manufacturers: developing driving machines with powerful engines and aggressive styling that zoom down the autobahn. In his new job as chief executive officer of the company, he’ll need to embrace a different challenge: cars without gasoline.
Born in Sweden, Kallenius spent his entire working life at the Mercedes-Benz maker and world’s biggest truck producer, rising through the ranks since 1995 in a career that climaxed on Wednesday, when the company appointed him as CEO from May next year.