Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Daimler, the owner of Mercedes-Benz, on Wednesday named its first non-German boss to take over as CEO next year amid fallout from an emissions cheating scandal.
The automaker said Ola Kallenius, a 49-year-old Swede, will replace Dieter Zetsche, who's led Daimler since 2006 -- and has faced controversy with new emissions tests, a German probe into Mercedes diesel engines and growing trade barriers among key sales regions.