Daimler Truck AG (holding company legal name Daimler Truck Holding AG) is the world's largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, with over 35 main locations worldwide and approximately 100,000 employees. Daimler Truck AG is headquartered in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. It was a part of Daimler AG from November 2019 to December 2021.
History The Daimler Truck and Daimler Buses divisions include the eight vehicle brands BharatBenz, Freightliner, FUSO, Mercedes-Benz, RIZON, Setra, Thomas Built Buses and Western Star. Daimler Truck is the global market leader in the medium and heavy-duty truck segment with a gross vehicle weight of over 6 tons. In 2019, around 489,000 vehicles were delivered in this segment. Financial and mobility services are offered via the Daimler Truck Financial Services division.
Daimler Truck was established in 2019 as a subsidiary of Daimler AG. In February 2021, Daimler announced its planned to spin off Daimler Truck into a separate listed company. The spin-off was approved by its shareholders on 1 October 2021. Following this, Daimler Truck Holding AG was incorporated to manage assets owned by Daimler Truck AG, and Daimler AG retained 35% of shares in the new company, with 5% being transferred to its pension trust. A separate website for the Daimler Truck company was launched on December 1, and the company went public on 10 December.
On June 2 2025, Archion was established in Japan, and became operational on April 1 2026 to align with the Japanese fiscal year. Daimler Truck and Toyota, respectively the parent companies of Fuso and Hino, each own 25% of Archion.
On July 1, 2025, it became known that Daimler Truck was placed on Russia's sanctions list due to alleged deliveries to Ukraine.
Brands Mercedes-Benz - light, medium and heavy trucks, buses (brand in Germany) Freightliner - medium and heavy trucks, vans Western Star - heavy trucks Thomas Built Buses - school buses Setra - buses BharatBenz - medium and heavy trucks, buses (brand in India) Detroit Diesel - medium and heavy-duty powertrain (brand in United States) TruckStore - used vehicles, financing, leasing, rental, warranty and service contracts, and buyback Fleetboard - telematics and connectivity
Finances Of the Daimler Group's total workforce of 298,683 at the end of 2018 (2017: 289,321), 82,953 (2016: 79,483) worked at the Daimler Trucks division, of which 30,447 (2017: 30,424) were employed in Germany and 16,647 in the U.S. (2017: 15,002). In 2019, revenue amounted to €40.2 billion at Daimler Trucks and €4.7 billion at Daimler Buses. Daimler Buses is a leading brand in its core markets of Europe, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, selling 30,888 vehicles worldwide in 2019.
In 2018, the most important sales market was the NAFTA countries with 37% followed by Asia with 32%, Western Europe (EU plus Norway and Switzerland) with 17%, and Latin America (excluding the NAFTA country of Mexico) with 7%.
Lobbying on Climate Regulations Daimler Truck's subsidiary, Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), has actively lobbied the US government and to weaken climate regulations governing heavy-duty trucks. In the US, DTNA supported the second Trump administration's repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding in 2025, resulting in the repeal of all greenhouse gas emissions regulation for heavy-duty trucks, in addition to the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions across the entire American economy. Earlier in 2025, DTNA Vice President of Product Integrity Sean Waters testified before the EPA and supported the EPA's proposed decision to cease regulation of greenhouse gases, stating that "We support EPA efforts in these proceedings to restore the best reading of the Clean Air Act." In August 2025, DTNA filed a lawsuit against California regulators to overturn the Clean Trucks Partnership, an agreement the company had voluntarily reached with regulators approximately two years prior, in which the DTNA agreed to increase its sales of zero-emission trucks in the state even if California's regulatory authority was repealed by the federal government.
Locations
Daimler Truck has a worldwide network of production plants and research centres. The following list is a description of all locations worldwide that include a Daimler Truck plant, including plants for the subsidiaries EvoBus, Daimler Trucks North America, Detroit Diesel, Freightliner Trucks, and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation.
City Country Purpose Employees Plant area Aikawa Japan Production of transmission parts 267 Aksaray Turkey Atego, Axor, Actros & Unimog Research and development 1,737 Atlantis South Africa Foundry 842 Beijing China Auman trucks (assembly) Four-cylinder engines (production & assembly), six-cylinder engines (assembly) 8,878 BangaloreIndiaDaimler Truck Innovation Center India1400N/A Berlin Germany Various engines, components, transmission parts and fuel systems 2,538 Chennai India Trucks (LDT, MDT, HDT) under BharatBenz, Mercedes-Benz and Fuso brandsBuses under BharatBenz 2,540 Cikarang, Bekasi Indonesia Axor, Buses Cleveland, North Carolina USA Class 8 truck models (Freightliner Cascadia / Western Star 47X, 49X and 57X) 1,837 Detroit, Michigan USA Detroit Diesel Engines, transmissions, axle, electric axle, and battery assembly 2,164 Dortmund Germany Transit-, interurban-, and mobility buses and coaches 268 East London South Africa Mercedes trucks & buses, Fuso trucks 2,743 Ebina Japan Fuso trucks, various bodies Chassis development 430 Funza Colombia Chassis for buses 542 Gaffney, South Carolina USA Chassis for school buses, shuttle buses, step vans and motor homes 542 Gaggenau Germany Manual and automatic transmissions, axles, torque converters & pressed parts 6,280 García Mexico Bus chassis assembly 4000 Gastonia, North Carolina USA Parts production 1,262 Hamburg Germany Axles and axle components, steering columns, components for exhaust emission technology and lightweight structural parts 2,752 High Point, North Carolina USA School buses (assembly) Research and development 1,316 Holýšov Czech Republic Motorcoach bodyworks and bus segments 1,300 Istanbul-Hoşdere Turkey Body shop, cathodic dip painting, paint shopTransit- and interurban buses and coaches (assembly) 4,421 Juiz de Fora Brazil Accelo & Actros(assembly) 926 Kassel Germany Axles, drive shafts & other components 2,820 Kawasaki Japan Fuso head office functions(Research and development, production of engines, axles & transmissions; LDT, MDT, HDT) 4,670 Kirchheim unter Teck Germany EvoBus corporate headquartersSales 120 Kölleda Germany Three- and four-cylinder engines 914 Ligny-en-Barrois France Transit buses & coaches(Assembly) 375 Logan Township, New Jersey USA Fuso Mannheim Germany Transit-, intercity buses and coaches (Body shop, cathodic dip painting, assembly) 3,301 Mannheim Germany Foundry, engines (production & remanufacturing) and green technology engines) 5,113 Molsheim France Customization of special purpose trucks 527 Mount Holly, North Carolina USA Freightliner Business Class M2, 108SD, and 114SD assembly 1,460 Neu-Ulm Germany Transit- and interurban buses & coaches(Paint shop and assembly) 3,578 Portland, Oregon USA Truck assembly: Freightliner eCascadia / Western Star 47X, 49XResearch and development 4,590 Sakura Japan Fuso proving ground & test track 384 Saltillo Mexico Freightliner Cascadia 2,972 Sámano-Castro Urdiales Spain Chassis 246 Santiago Tianguistenco Mexico Freightliner M2 106, M2 112 and Cascadia / Western Star 57X 1,610 São Bernardo do Campo Brazil Entire Latin American truck product rangeEngines, axles, transmissions, bus chassisResearch and development 12,788 Stuttgart Germany Company HeadquartersEngines, axles, transmissions & other components Pre-commissioning foundry and forgeResearch and development 17,973 Toluca Mexico Refurbishing of engines, transmissions and other components Toyama Japan Small, medium and large busesProduct development 646 Tramagal Portugal Fuso Canter 307 Virrey del Pino, Buenos Aires Province Argentina Accelo, Atego, OF and OH bus chassis 407 Wörth am Rhein Germany Actros, Antos, Arocs, Axor, Atego, Econic, Unimog, Zetros 11,741
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