It was a very useful day of practice.

The shareholders of Daimler AG approved all the items on the agenda of the virtual Annual Meeting on Wednesday.

In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, customer services must take particular care in order to minimise the risk of infection.

Further innovations such as side airbags – a world premiere in this market segment – rain sensors and xenon headlamps were also available as special equipment.

Revenue increased by 3% to €172.7 billion (2018: 167.4), and the Daimler Group achieved EBIT of €4.3 billion (2018: €11.1 billion).

Since the beginning of the year, Mercedes-Benz achieved a better development than the overall luxury car market in some European markets and in its domestic market in Germany.

The voice assistant “Hey Mercedes” is capable of even more dialogue.

The Annual Meeting elected Timotheus Höttges, Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn, as a member of the Supervisory Board representing the shareholders.

The result of the first race looks good on paper, but the reality is that we were fortunate to finish the race.

The Mercedes-Benz Arocs is a handsome eye-catcher just on its own.