On 1 January 2018 Volker Hansen will become the new General Manager of Fleetboard GmbH, the world's most successful provider of connected services for commercial vehicles. In this position he also becomes Head of Digital Solutions & Services at Mercedes-Benz Trucks. Responsibility for both areas was previously held by Dr Daniela Gerd tom Markotten, who moved on to become General Manager of moovel GmbH on 1 November 2017.
Since 2014, as part of the corporate CASE activities, Volker Hansen has been responsible for the development of electric powertrains at Mercedes-Benz Cars. CASE stands for Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Service and Electric Drive - the future strategic fields for Daimler AG.
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