Daimler to add 1,000 programmers in software push Daimler to add 1,000 programmers in software push New software campus will help automaker take on Tesla Michael Gerster Print Daimler plans to open a new software campus in Germany and add 1,000 software developers to develop its new MBOS operating system for electric vehicles. The campus will be based at Daimler's S-Class factory in Sindelfingen near the automaker's Stuttgart global headquarters. The center will help Daimler to take on Tesla and resist encroachment by Silicon Valley tech giants into the auto industry. It is aimed at making the automaker independent of the major software giants and will secure the future viability of the Sindelfingen site, said Ergun Luemali, the works council boss at the site.