The transportation sector plays a key role in today’s globalized world. In order to avoid more strain on the environment, emissions must be further reduced and commercial vehicles must become even more efficient. To this end, truck manufacturers will have to fully exploit their potential for innovation and advance to the next stage in the evolution of drive systems. Commercial vehicles built by Daimler are already showing that economy and ecology no longer need be mutually exclusive. The most important trend here is the hybridization of vehicles.