Even if autonomous cars are 10 times safer than those driven by humans, it takes one spectacular incident to make it much harder to win widespread acceptance. Dieter Zetsche More Quotes by Dieter Zetsche More Quotes From Dieter Zetsche DaimlerChrysler made significant progress in the year 2005, but our earnings are still not where we want them to be. We intend to grow profitably and to create added value over the long term - for the benefit of our customers, employees and shareholders. Dieter Zetsche progress long years Management has to be where the action is. Dieter Zetsche management action I feel it is correct to publish the salaries. Dieter Zetsche publish salary feels Our objective in taking these actions is to create a lean, agile structure, with streamlined and stable processes that will unleash DaimlerChrysler's full potential. Dieter Zetsche full-potential structure action Energy and fuel prices continue to rise, triggering fuel consumption concerns in the United States. Dieter Zetsche fuel-prices united-states energy Both of us had multiple experiences in cooperation, in capital integration, not all of them being positive. Dieter Zetsche business What is very important is the psychological dimension. If you look at what is happening with Boeing then you can imagine what happens when such a system has an incident. Dieter Zetsche technology We are interested in external conquest. Dieter Zetsche company-news Nokia here led to a common approach... and there might be other areas. Dieter Zetsche technology There are commonalities between the German carmakers. nokia here led to a common approach... and there might be other areas. Dieter Zetsche technology It would be even more convenient if the car came to you autonomously, and it would be extremely practical if the car2go appeared without needing to be prompted, once my appointment in the calendar had come to an end. Dieter Zetsche company-news This is a concrete development goal of ours. Dieter Zetsche company-news There is tremendous opportunity in the convergence of the West Coast tech industry and the auto industry with its huge technological depth, we feel we are well equipped to drive that development and to lead it in many areas. We are open and attentive to all intrusions from all sides. Dieter Zetsche company-news Google and the likes want to get involved, I don't think in the first place to build vehicles, we have to understand that, and then to find our roles, to which extent they are complementary, to which extent we become dependent, to which extent we are competitors. Dieter Zetsche company-news When we talk about high safety with Mercedes, it does not apply specifically for protection from accidents, but this means safety of their personal data as well. To be able to provide that, we have to keep control, and we can't do that when it is collected by Google. Dieter Zetsche company-news Fears of a decline of the Chinese market have been around for 10 years. We still experience very strong dynamics in the market. Dieter Zetsche business I see very few if any markets where we would see a reduction in demand. Dieter Zetsche business I hope you will still recognize us as being the inventor of the car, but we should be defined by our future, not by our past. Dieter Zetsche business
