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Mercedes-Benz

Car Manufacturers 105 CITED SOURCES UPDATED 2026-07-04
BDS-1000 Score 282 /1000 D Tier D - Moderate
Military ↗ 1.96 Digital ↗ 0.15 Economic ↗ 3.58 Political ↗ 2.53

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Key Findings

  • Economic: Mercedes-Benz vehicles reach the Israeli military exclusively through Colmobil, an independent Israeli-owned importer - in November 2023, Colmobil supplied 112 Arocs/Actros tractor-heads and 30 Sprinter 4×4 ambulances to the IDF, with contract proceeds flowing first to Colmobil rather than to Mercedes-Benz Group AG directly.12
  • Digital: Mercedes-Benz Group AG maintains a wholly-owned R&D subsidiary in Tel Aviv and sources connectivity chipsets from Israeli firm Valens (embedded in an estimated 3.5 million vehicles) and smart-glass from Israeli firm Gauzy (five production models).34
  • Military: Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s G-Class unit directly co-developed the LAPV464 armoured-vehicle prototype with Israeli defence firm Plasan, though no confirmed production order or IDF procurement of it was identified.5
  • Not found: No public evidence identified of Mercedes-Benz Group AG holding a direct Israeli Ministry of Defence contract, or of any Israeli state or sovereign entity among its disclosed shareholders.6

Target Profile

FieldDetail
Company NameMercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler AG; rebranded December 2021)
JurisdictionGermany - publicly listed Aktiengesellschaft (FRA: MBG), Stuttgart
HeadquartersStuttgart, Germany7
SectorAutomotive manufacturing - passenger cars, vans, and financial services8
OwnershipPublicly listed; largest disclosed shareholders are BAIC Group of China (9.98% voting rights, a Chinese state-owned enterprise), Li Shufu/Tenaciou3 Prospect Investment Ltd (9.69%, linked to Geely Automobile), and the Kuwait Investment Authority (approx. 4.97–5.33%, held since 1974); no single shareholder exceeds 10%; no Israeli sovereign or institutional shareholder identified691011
Key Executives / GovernanceOla Källenius, Group Chairman and CEO, publicly stated in May 2026 that Mercedes-Benz is “open to defence production”; no Israel-specific personal advocacy, donations, or board affiliations identified for Källenius or other named governance figures12
Israeli-Nexus SummaryCivilian vehicle exports to Israel’s military/police flow through an independent importer (Colmobil), overlaid with genuine but modest corporate-level ties: a wholly-owned Tel Aviv R&D subsidiary, direct Israeli tech-vendor sourcing (Valens, Gauzy), and one direct defence co-development project with an Israeli armour firm (Plasan/LAPV464)

Key Facts:

Executive Summary

Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s documented nexus with Israel/Palestine is real but narrower than popular boycott lists suggest, and its edges are frequently blurred by a corporate-structure complication the company itself did not create: the December 2021 spin-off of Daimler Truck Holding AG, which carried the Arocs, Actros, Atego, and Unimog heavy-truck lines - the vehicles most often photographed in IDF service - into a separate, independently listed company.713 Civil-society trackers such as Who Profits, AFSC, and BDS-aligned boycott guides generally do not distinguish Mercedes-Benz Group AG (passenger cars and vans) from Daimler Truck Holding AG when cataloguing “Mercedes-Benz” vehicles supplied to the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD).16171819

Within Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s actual scope, three vectors are documented. First, the Sprinter van - an in-scope Group product - has been supplied to the IDF via IMOD tenders (2018, and an accelerated November 2023 airlift of roughly 30 ambulances during the Gaza war), procured through Colmobil, the sole Israeli importer.116 Second, Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s G-Class Governmental Business division directly co-developed an armoured prototype, the LAPV464, with Israeli defence firm Plasan; Plasan separately developed the “Hyrax,” a G-Class-derived armoured patrol vehicle certified for IDF use, as a third-party conversion using the G-Class chassis rather than a direct Mercedes-Benz–IMOD contract.52021 Third, on the technology side, Mercedes-Benz Group AG runs a wholly-owned R&D subsidiary in Tel Aviv and sources connectivity chips (Valens) and smart-glass (Gauzy) from Israeli-domiciled vendors integrated into serial-production vehicles.3414

What is not supported by evidence is at least as important to the record. No public evidence was identified of Mercedes-Benz Group AG holding a direct IMOD or IDF contract (all military/police vehicle sales route through the independent importer Colmobil); of Mobileye technology in current Mercedes-Benz production vehicles; of any Israeli sovereign-fund or state shareholding in the company; of Mercedes-Benz or Colmobil operating a retail or service presence inside a West Bank settlement; or of litigation, an OECD National Contact Point complaint, or regulatory enforcement action specifically targeting the company’s Israel-linked activities.222236

The company’s own public posture during the October 2023–2025 period was framed in explicitly civilian-humanitarian terms: a combined €2 million donated to United Hatzalah (Israeli volunteer EMS) and the German Red Cross network (partnering with Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescent), accompanied by a formal denial of claims that any donation went to a military organisation.24 Set against this modest, largely importer-mediated and technology-vendor-level nexus, the FINAL V4 score of BRS 282 (Tier D - Moderate) reflects a company with documented but limited and heavily attenuated exposure: no direct weapons manufacturing, no confirmed direct military contracting, and an economic/political footprint driven mainly by an independent distributor relationship and ordinary commercial technology sourcing rather than direct corporate participation in military supply.

Timeline of Relevant Events

DateEvent
2013Argus Cyber Security founded in Tel Aviv by alumni of Israeli military intelligence Unit 8200; later a connectivity-security supply-chain node (subsequently acquired by Continental, Germany).25
September 2017Daimler AG leads a $60 million investment round in Israeli battery startup StoreDot (Herzliya).26
3 November 2017Continental AG (Germany) acquires Argus Cyber Security for ~$430 million; later rebranded PlaxidityX, a German-parented entity.2728
16 November 2017Mercedes-Benz (then Daimler AG) opens its Research & Development centre in Tel Aviv.1429
February 2018IMOD tender awarded to Colmobil for 90 Mercedes Sprinter 4×4 ambulances (~NIS 40 million).16
July 2018IMOD tender awarded to Colmobil for 200 Mercedes Atego trucks (~NIS 70 million); Atego is now a Daimler Truck product.16
January 2019Daimler AG integrates Otonomo’s connected-vehicle data platform into Mercedes-Benz cars.30
July 2021Otonomo–Mercedes-Benz data agreement expanded to fleet-data access across 25 European countries.31
2021Mercedes-Benz unveils the LAPV464 armoured-vehicle prototype, co-developed with Israeli firm Plasan; G-Class W464 military generation announced.532
10 December 2021Daimler AG completes the spin-off of Daimler Truck Holding AG, transferring Arocs, Actros, Atego, and Unimog lines out of the passenger-car/van parent.7
December 2022IMOD tenders awarded to Colmobil for approximately 460 Mercedes Arocs/Actros tractor-heads (Daimler Truck product) for tank-transporter use.16
February 2023Otonomo announces a merger with US-based Urgent.ly; post-merger commercial relevance to Mercedes-Benz is unconfirmed.33
October–November 2023Mercedes-Benz Group donates a combined €1 million to United Hatzalah and €1 million to the German Red Cross for civilian relief; the company later issues a public denial that any donation went to a military organisation.24
November 2023Accelerated, airlifted delivery of 112 Arocs/Actros tractor-heads and ~30 Sprinter 4×4 ambulances to the IDF for use in the Gaza campaign.1
2024Mercedes-Benz terminates its Luminar LiDAR supply contract for Drive Pilot.34
September 2024Valens Semiconductor announces VA7000 chipset design wins, reportedly including Mercedes-Benz, in a Mobileye-adjacent connectivity role.3536
23 April 2025Gauzy’s dual smart-glass technology debuts in the Mercedes-Benz Vision V concept car at Auto Shanghai 2025.37
August 2025Germany suspends a portion of military-equipment export licences to Israel for use in Gaza (state-level, not Mercedes-Benz-specific).38
24 November 2025Germany lifts the suspension on a case-by-case basis.39
January 2026Mercedes-Benz pauses its SAE Level 3 Drive Pilot system for the 2026 model year.40
Summer 2024–2026Mercedes-Benz signs a Bundeswehr framework contract for up to 5,800 G-Class W464 vehicles (Germany, not Israel).41
17 May 2026CEO Ola Källenius states Mercedes-Benz is “open to defence production.”12
10 June 2026Mercedes-Benz signs an MoU with German startup TYTAN Technologies for a G-Class/Sprinter-based counter-drone platform; no Israel connection identified.4243

Corporate Overview

Mercedes-Benz Group AG is a publicly listed German Aktiengesellschaft headquartered in Stuttgart, manufacturing passenger cars, vans, and providing financial services, with 2024 group revenues of €145.6 billion and 2025 revenues of €132.2 billion; revenue is reported by geography (China ~34% of unit sales, US ~16%, Germany ~11%, broader Europe ~22%), with Israel not broken out as a separate segment.8 Its largest disclosed shareholders are the Chinese state-linked BAIC Group (9.98%), Li Shufu’s Tenaciou3 Prospect Investment Ltd (9.69%, tied to Geely), and the Kuwait Investment Authority (approx. 4.97–5.33%, a shareholder since 1974); no Israeli sovereign or institutional entity appears among significant shareholders, and no single shareholder holds a controlling stake.691011

On 10 December 2021, the company completed the spin-off of its commercial-truck and bus business into the separately listed Daimler Truck Holding AG, which now owns the Arocs, Actros, Atego, Zetros, and Unimog lines (including Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks) - the heavy-vehicle segment most frequently cited in IDF-supply reporting. These are out of scope for this dossier, which is confined to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (cars, vans, G-Class).713

Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s direct Israeli corporate presence consists of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Tel Aviv Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary opened in November 2017 focused on connected-car software, cybersecurity, and biometric authentication research, still listed as an active Group location.142915 All Mercedes-Benz vehicle sales in Israel - commercial, civilian, and governmental - are handled by Colmobil Group (Major Motors Ltd), a privately held Israeli company owned by the Harlap family holding over 20% of the Israeli auto market; Colmobil is an independent franchise importer, not a Mercedes-Benz subsidiary or joint venture, and any IDF/police contracts it fulfils are its own commercial transactions rather than direct Mercedes-Benz Group AG dealings.44452

Domain Summaries

Military: Military

Mechanism of Involvement

Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s military exposure runs through its G-Class Governmental Business (GGB) division, which supplies military/governmental base vehicles (W461/W464 “Wolf” family), and through the Sprinter van line.46 The Sprinter has been delivered to the IDF via IMOD tenders - 90 units in 2018 and an accelerated ~30-unit airlift in November 2023 - procured through Colmobil.161 Separately, Mercedes-Benz Group AG directly co-developed the LAPV464 armoured prototype with Israeli firm Plasan (2021), and Plasan independently built the “Hyrax,” a G-Class-chassis armoured patrol vehicle certified for IDF use (~350-unit requirement), as a third-party conversion.52021 The much larger volume of “Mercedes-Benz”-branded military vehicles reported in Israel (Arocs/Actros tank-transporters, Atego trucks) are Daimler Truck Holding AG products, transferred out of this entity in December 2021.1613

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

No confirmed production order or IMOD procurement of the LAPV464 exists - it remains a demonstrator.5 No direct Mercedes-Benz Group AG–IMOD contract was identified for any product; all Israeli military deliveries are importer-mediated through Colmobil.16 The Hyrax is Plasan’s own conversion, not a Mercedes-Benz–contracted vehicle.20 The bulk of heavy military-truck reporting attributed to “Mercedes-Benz” concerns Daimler Truck Holding AG, a separate listed company since 2021 - a frequent source of media conflation that this audit’s entity-scoping corrects.713 Germany’s state-level export licensing to Israel (over €485 million, October 2023–May 2025, with a 2025 partial suspension and case-by-case resumption) is a national policy matter, not evidence of a Mercedes-Benz-specific export licence or denial.3839 Mercedes-Benz Group AG has publicly and specifically denied that its charitable donations went to any military organisation.24

Named Entities and Evidence Map

EntityRelationshipStatus
Mercedes-Benz G GmbH (GGB)Military/governmental G-Class base-vehicle unitConfirmed, in-scope46
Plasan (Israel)Co-developer, LAPV464; independent converter, HyraxConfirmed direct co-development; Hyrax is third-party520
Colmobil CorporationImporter for IMOD Sprinter tendersConfirmed, importer-level161
Daimler Truck Holding AGOwns Arocs/Actros/Atego lines post-2021Separate entity, out of scope713
TYTAN Technologies (Germany)Counter-drone MoU, June 2026No Israel nexus identified424312

Digital: Digital

Mechanism of Involvement

Mercedes-Benz Group AG sources in-vehicle connectivity chipsets from Valens Semiconductor (Tel Aviv), integrated into an estimated 3.5 million S-, C-, and E-Class vehicles, and smart-glass technology from Gauzy Ltd. (Tel Aviv), deployed across five production models including the Maybach S-Class and SL Roadster, and featured in the 2025 Vision V concept car.347437 It previously integrated Otonomo’s (Herzliya) connected-vehicle data platform (2019, expanded 2021), though the post-2023 merger with US-based Urgent.ly leaves current relevance unconfirmed.303133 Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Tel Aviv Ltd. is an active, wholly-owned subsidiary researching connected-car software, cybersecurity, and biometric authentication.142915

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

No public evidence was identified of Mercedes-Benz using Mobileye technology in any current production vehicle or in its Drive Pilot system, which instead runs on NVIDIA, Bosch, and (until 2024) Luminar hardware.48342223 A reported Valens VA7000 design win described as Mobileye-adjacent and naming Mercedes-Benz is a second-order supply-chain adjacency not directly confirmed by the company.3536 Argus Cyber Security, founded in Tel Aviv, has been a subsidiary of Germany’s Continental AG since 2017 (rebranded PlaxidityX) and is no longer independently Israeli-domiciled; no evidence shows Mercedes-Benz contracted with it while Israeli-owned.252728 No public evidence was identified of Mercedes-Benz using Israeli cloud infrastructure, Cellebrite, Palantir, Check Point, or Israeli biometric surveillance/retail technology; its cloud stack is AWS/Azure-based.4950

Named Entities and Evidence Map

EntityRelationshipStatus
Valens Semiconductor (Tel Aviv)Connectivity chipsets, ~3.5M vehiclesConfirmed, direct vendor347
Gauzy Ltd. (Tel Aviv)Smart-glass, 5 production modelsConfirmed, direct vendor43751
Otonomo (Herzliya)Connected-car data platformConfirmed 2019–2021; post-merger status unresolved303133
Mercedes-Benz R&D Tel Aviv Ltd.Wholly-owned R&D subsidiaryConfirmed, active1415
Mobileye (Jerusalem)ADAS/autonomous drivingNo public evidence identified as current supplier2223
Argus/PlaxidityXAutomotive cybersecurityNow German-domiciled (Continental); out of scope252728

Economic: Economic

Mechanism of Involvement

Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s economic ties to Israel comprise (a) direct technology investment/sourcing - a $60 million Daimler-led investment in StoreDot (2017, battery tech), a $50 million investment in Via Transportation (ride-sharing, Israeli-founded), and vendor relationships with Gauzy and Valens; and (b) the wholly-owned Tel Aviv R&D subsidiary, which employs staff and generates local economic activity.26525314 Separately, Colmobil - an independent Israeli-owned importer - sells and services all Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Israel, including 112 Arocs/Actros tractor-heads and 30 Sprinter ambulances delivered to the IDF in November 2023, and has supplied Israel Police and IMOD contracts historically.21

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

Colmobil is a privately held, independent Israeli company (Harlap family) - not a Mercedes-Benz subsidiary or joint venture - meaning proceeds from IDF/police contracts accrue first to Colmobil, and no public evidence was identified that Mercedes-Benz Group AG was a direct contracting party or received separate direct consideration from IMOD procurement.442 No Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facility exists in Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and no product-labelling or compliance issue tied to Israeli-origin components was identified. The current size and status of the StoreDot and Via Transportation stakes are not publicly disclosed, and the Via relationship’s current status is unresolved in public filings.265253 No Israeli sovereign or institutional investor was identified among Mercedes-Benz’s disclosed shareholders; the largest holders are Chinese (BAIC, Geely-linked) and Kuwaiti sovereign capital.691011

Named Entities and Evidence Map

EntityRelationshipStatus
Colmobil Group / Major Motors LtdExclusive Israeli importer, incl. IDF/Police salesConfirmed, independent, importer-level44452
StoreDot Ltd (Herzliya)Battery-tech investment, $60M (2017)Confirmed; exit status unconfirmed2652
Via TransportationRide-sharing investment, $50MConfirmed; current stake unresolved53
Gauzy Ltd., Valens SemiconductorComponent/technology vendorsConfirmed, direct43
BAIC Group, Li Shufu/Geely, Kuwait Investment AuthorityLargest shareholdersConfirmed; none Israeli691011

Political: Political

Mechanism of Involvement

Mercedes-Benz Group’s political-facing conduct during the October 2023 war consisted of a combined €2 million donation (United Hatzalah, an Israeli volunteer EMS body, and the German Red Cross network partnering with Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescent), explicitly framed as civilian humanitarian relief “to alleviate the suffering of civilians in Israel and Gaza alike,” followed by a formal public denial that any donation went to a military organisation.24 The IDF- and Israel-Police-directed vehicle supply documented under Military/Economic (Colmobil-fulfilled IMOD tenders, November 2023 accelerated deliveries) constitutes the company’s principal “operations in contested territory” exposure, mediated at arm’s length through the independent importer.1612

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

No public evidence was identified of Mercedes-Benz, Daimler, or Colmobil appearing in the OHCHR database of businesses linked to Israeli settlements, of a Mercedes-Benz or Colmobil retail/service presence located inside a West Bank settlement, of formal litigation or an OECD National Contact Point complaint targeting the company’s Israel operations, of HR action against employees over pro-Palestinian speech, or of Israel/Palestine-specific corporate lobbying. No public evidence was identified of a direct corporate donation to the IDF, Friends of the IDF, the Jewish National Fund, Regavim, or Im Tirtzu - the only identified Israel/Gaza-period corporate giving is the €2 million civilian-humanitarian donation described above. No state-held golden share, and no shareholder exceeding 10%, was identified in the company’s ownership structure, and no explicit state-geopolitical mission appears in its governing documents.

Named Entities and Evidence Map

EntityRelationshipStatus
Ola Källenius (CEO/Chairman)Public statements on donations and defence-sector opennessConfirmed, no Israel-specific advocacy identified1224
United Hatzalah / German Red CrossRecipients of €2M civilian-aid donationConfirmed24
Colmobil CorporationIMOD/Israel Police vehicle supplyConfirmed, importer-level216
BDS-aligned trackers (AFSC, thewitness.news, boikotisrael.com, Masjid Al-Aqsa)List Mercedes-Benz as boycott targetConfirmed listings; frequently conflate Mercedes-Benz Group AG with Daimler Truck17181954

BDS-1000 Score (V4)

DomainIMPV-Domain Score
Military5.503.505.001.96
Digital2.502.001.500.15
Economic6.004.506.503.58
Political5.504.505.002.53

V_MAX is driven by Economic, reflecting Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s confirmed direct investments and vendor relationships with Israeli companies (StoreDot, Via Transportation, Gauzy, Valens) and its wholly-owned Tel Aviv R&D subsidiary - activity that is real and recurring but civilian-commercial in character rather than military-strategic. Military and Political contribute moderate secondary weight (importer-mediated IDF vehicle supply, one direct armoured-vehicle co-development, and civilian-framed wartime donations), while Digital scores lowest, reflecting confirmed but limited technology sourcing with no surveillance, biometric-mass-deployment, or intelligence-sector findings. The resulting BRS of 282 places the company in Tier D (Moderate) - evidence of a documented, multi-vector but attenuated nexus, well short of direct weapons manufacturing or confirmed state-security contracting.

Methodology Note

End Notes

Footnotes

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  2. https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/4219?colmobil-corporation= ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  3. https://valens.com/press-releases/valens-and-daimler-partner-to-optimize-in-car-connectivity ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. https://gauzy.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gauzys-state-art-smart-glass-technologies-utilized-mercedes-benz ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  5. https://www.edrmagazine.eu/mercedes-benz-the-lapv464-protected-vehicle-prototype ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  6. https://group.mercedes-benz.com/investors/share/shareholder-structure/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  7. https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/tradition/company-history/2021.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  8. https://group.mercedes-benz.com/investors/reports-news/annual-reports/2025/ ↩ ↩2

  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAIC_Group ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  10. https://www.swfinstitute.org/news/95544/kuwait-investment-authority-increased-its-ownership-in-mercedes-benz-group ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  11. https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MERCEDES-BENZ-GROUP-AG-436541/news/Kuwait-Investment-Authority-cuts-stake-in-Mercedes-Benz-43360266/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  12. https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/17/from-cars-to-defence-mercedes-benz-signals-openness-to-military-sector ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  13. https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/newsroom/pressrelease/daimler-truck-focuses-on-growth-in-the-defence-sector-52960581 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  14. https://www.theautochannel.com/news/2017/11/17/458661-mercedes-benz-opens-digital-research-development-center-tel-aviv-israel.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

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  25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Cyber_Security ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  26. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/2017-09-15/ty-article/german-automaker-daimler-leads-60m-investment-into-israeli-startup-storedot/0000017f-e04d-d568-ad7f-f36f80520000 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

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  29. https://www.timesofisrael.com/mercedes-benz-opens-tech-hub-in-tel-aviv-to-secure-lead-in-connected-cars/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  30. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/10/1685883/0/en/UPDATED-Daimler-Partners-with-Otonomo-to-Provide-Connected-Car-Customers-with-New-Services-while-Delivering-on-the-Promise-of-Data-Privacy.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3

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  33. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001842498/000119312523032866/d465426d425.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3

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  38. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/11/germany-arms-transfers-to-israel-reckless-unlawful-and-risks-complicity-in-israels-international-crimes/ ↩ ↩2

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  49. https://news.microsoft.com/source/2022/10/12/mercedes-benz-and-microsoft-collaborate-to-boost-efficiency-resilience-and-sustainability-in-car-production/ ↩

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