Question: Western Star Trucks is a subsidiary of which German multinational company?
Context: The Western Star and Roma Advertiser, later published as the Western Star, is one of the longest continuously published newspapers in outback Queensland.  It was published in Roma from 27 March 1875 to 1948, before continuing as the "Western Star" from 1948 to the present day. PUMA SE, branded as PUMA, is a German multinational company that designs and manufactures athletic and casual footwear, apparel and accessories, headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria.  The company was founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler.  In 1924, Rudolf and his brother Adolf Dassler had jointly formed the company "Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik" (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory).  The relationship between the two brothers deteriorated until the two agreed to split in 1948, forming two separate entities, "Adidas" and "PUMA".  Both companies are currently based in Herzogenaurach, Germany. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) (German: Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge , ] ; German abbreviation: "VWN", ] ) is a German multinational commercial vehicles manufacturer headquartered in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group.  Originally part of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, it has operated as a separate marque and company since 1995. Western Star Trucks Sales, Inc., commonly designated Western Star, is an American truck manufacturer headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States and a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Daimler AG. Daimler AG (] ) is a German multinational automotive corporation.  Daimler AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.  As of 2014, Daimler owns or has shares in a number of car, bus, truck and motorcycle brands including Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Smart Automobile, Detroit Diesel, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Setra, BharatBenz, Mitsubishi Fuso, MV Agusta as well as shares in Denza, KAMAZ, Beijing Automotive Group.  The luxury Maybach brand was terminated at the end of 2012, but revived in April 2015 as "Mercedes-Maybach" versions of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and G-Class.  In 2016 Daimler sold 3.0 million vehicles.  By unit sales, Daimler is the thirteenth-largest car manufacturer and is the largest truck manufacturer in the world.  In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures buses and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm.  The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Kion Group AG (styled as KION Group) is a German multinational manufacturer of materials handling equipment, with its headquarters in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.  Its principal products are forklift trucks, warehouse equipment and industrial trucks.  KION Group was founded in 2006 by the demerger of The Linde Group's materials handling equipment operations.  It is the world's second-largest manufacturer of forklifts measured by revenues (after Toyota Industries). The Lebanon Patriot, now defunct, was an American newspaper published weekly at Lebanon, Ohio, the seat of Warren County.  The paper was founded by General Durbin Ward as a Democratic paper and first published on January 16, 1868.  Warren County being ardently Republican, the paper was to take the place of the previous Democratic paper in the county, the "Democratic Citizen", which was destroyed by a mob at the outbreak of the Civil War.  Ward sold the paper to Edward Warwick who sold it to A. A. Roland (born February 11, 1853) in April 1878.  Circa 1883 it was owned and edited by Mary V. Proctor Wilson.  The paper was last issued in December 1936 when it merged with "The Western Star", another weekly in Lebanon.  The combined paper was published as "The Western Star and Lebanon Patriot" from January 7, 1937, to June 30, 1938. The V/Line RTL class is a road-rail locomotive, capable of operating on both road and rail.  It was basically a truck with retractable rail wheels.  Built by Western Star Trucks in the United States, the rail equipment was provided by Brandt Industries of Canada. Hensoldt is a German multinational company that supplies electrical engineering devices and systems, software and related services for global markets of aerospace, defence and security. A Singapore Sling is a tax avoidance scheme in which a large multinational company sells products to a subsidiary owned by them in a jurisdiction with lower tax rates, which acts as a 'marketing hub'.  The subsidiary then sells the product to end users, marking up its value and attributing the mark-up to various marketing activities undertaken by the subsidiary.  The parent company retains a higher profit margin due to the lower tax rate.  Singapore is a popular location of such subsidiaries, given its low tax rates and its willingness to grant large multinationals 'sweetheart deals' – an extremely low tax rate in exchange for locating the multinational's marketing activities in Singapore.
Answer: Daimler AG