A nice video made in cooperation with Jung von Matt, the leading ad agency of Daimler, shows the Actros as a taxi to show its harshest critics what are its benefits. It passed by Volvo and MAN and picked up passengers from their offices. The result was impressive, not surprisingly, because the “employees” of the competitors seem to like what they saw inside the Mercedes truck.
People at the Munich airport were also fascinated by the “taxi truck”, who wouldn’t be?
Since the second quarter of 2010, which was the beginning of production of the Mercedes-Benz Actros and Axor in Russia, it has been growing exponentially that they now have the Unimog, which is also continuing its success.
The joint venture of Daimler and the Russian truck manufacturer Kamaz called Mercedes-Benz Truck Vostok, started rolling the Unimog U 400 in Naberezhyne Chelny a few days ago. The assembly, based in Mercedes-Benz standards are in that area of Russia, then the kits are being delivered in Woerth.
The Unimog has been in existence for over 60 years. Since then it has gained attention for being a versatile and powerful utility and transport vehicle. In Russia, it started off in Gaggenau plant then moved to the Woerth plant in 2002. There are 2,000 Unimogs being manufactured every year in the plant from the U 3000 to U 20. meanwhile the U 4000 are being produced in Aksaray plant in Turkey.
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Mercedes-Benz Bank is introducing a new insurance policy for the new Actros. For the first time a policy will depend on how the truck will be used.
For example, if the Actros is being used for light loads and lowland areas, the insurance premiums that will be collected is 60% lower than a truck that is being used for heavy loads and in hilly areas. The information will be collected and calculated by a telematics system called FleetBoard. This insurance policy covers liability and insurance protection for all trucks equipped with FleetBoard.
Anthony Bandmann, Mercedes-Benz Bank’s private and customers board says, “The Mercedes-Benz FleetBoard truck insurance is an innovation. We can offer a first time truck insurance, which is based on actual use of each vehicle. Carrier can thus optimize the cost of insurance for their fleets.”
As if the new Actros trucks did not possess enough features to make them among the most technically advanced commercial trucks to date, Mercedes has announced that all new sales of the Actros in Europe will be fitted with the Fleetboard vehicle management system.
FleetBoard EcoSupport provides drivers with analytical tools which give feedback on the driver’s driving style in real time, and provides direct feedback. The EcoSupport system gathers inputs based on criteria for economical driving, such as steady-state speed, pedal movements, use of wear-free brakes, roll behaviour and similar vehicle parameters.
For a subscription fee, FleetBoard also monitors the due dates for impending servicing to minimize downtime, enables remote transmission of diagnostic data, and provides remote monitoring of the entire fleet. Upon initial acquisition, the FleetBoard program provides free driver training to make best use of the system, where short term savings have been found to range from 5 to 15%. Because of the more economical driving style, vehicle and engine wear is noticeably reduced, resulting in a significant extension of service intervals.
From: Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz’ truck, ACTROS, after it has been announced last week that it will be especially for long distance haul, has now been tested for a 10,000KM drive. Now, the official efficiency numbers of the EURO VI engine has been revealed.
First off, the EURO V version runs more efficiently at 7.6% less diesel in the 10,000KM test than the current Actros 1844 BlueTec 5. However, the engine knocked the old generation’s consumption by 4.56% and offers lower emissions.
Mercedes-Benz said in a press statement, “Three Actros models – an 1844 BlueTec 5 and two new variants in the guise of an Actros 1845 BlueTec 6 and a BlueTec 5 – each covered just over 10,000 km in seven 24-hour shifts. The average daily mileage stood at 1600 km, breaking down into an 800 km day shift and a night shift of equal length. Each shift was shared by two Mercedes-Benz works drivers at the wheel of each vehicle.”
Dekra inspection agency supervised the test for average fuel consumption and the entire comparative fuel consumption. Shell, Mercedes-Benz’ partner provided the engine oil and diesel fuel of the vehicle for the one-week test.
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