Mercedes-Benz stories

Tracker and UK police helped recover vehicles worth GBP £41.3 million in 2025, as thefts increasingly hit a wider range of models.

MotorEasy says a surge in theft is widening GAP insurance shortfalls, with its top 10 claims averaging GBP £27,995 and a quarter tied to stolen cars.

Qevlar AI secures USD $30m led by Partech and Forgepoint to grow its autonomous AI SOC and shift from alert triage to insight-driven defence.

Microsoft shifts Copilot from assistant to AI agents and unveils the E7 Frontier Suite to bundle automation, security and governance.

Celonis says its process intelligence platform has helped customers save USD $10 billion by underpinning AI-driven operations and automation.

British Business Bank invests GBP £25m in Wayve as part of a USD $1.2bn Series D, backing UK autonomous driving and AI scale-up ambitions.

DXC launches AMBER, a modular automotive software platform it says can halve cockpit development time and cut costs by around 30%.

Mercedes-Benz enhances manufacturing efficiency and on-time delivery by integrating Celonis Process Intelligence across its global production and logistics systems.

Britain's priciest car repairs reached GBP £78,200 this year, with costs soaring due to advanced tech in both luxury and mainstream vehicles.

Vertu Motors enhances IT efficiency and customer service across 198 UK dealerships with LogicMonitor's AI-powered platform for unified hybrid infrastructure monitoring.

NiCE to acquire Cognigy for USD $955 million, combining AI platforms to enhance global customer experience with advanced conversational AI solutions.

Swiss AI startup Lightly launches LightlyEdge, an edge-based software to optimise real-time data collection for European carmakers advancing autonomous vehicle tech.

Google Cloud has unveiled AI enhancements in its Customer Engagement Suite, enabling businesses to improve interactions and service efficiency significantly.

Mercedes-Benz's Acentrik wins the 2024 Isle of Man Innovation Challenge, promising secure global data sharing and innovation across various industries.

One Nexus has appointed Grant O'Hara as Head of Commercial Development, harnessing his 40 years' automotive expertise to enhance its market profile.

Tangram has been appointed by Uniplan to lead its digital transformation, aiming to streamline workflows and standardise processes across eight global offices.

Siemens and Mercedes-Benz have collaborated on the Digital Energy Twin, an innovative tool designed to speed up factory energy planning and support Mercedes' sustainability goal of all its sites running entirely on renewable energy by 2039.

Digital advertising platform Bonzai releases 'Fillboard', a premium ad format designed to optimise viewability and maximise brand engagement.