My thoughts are that you are panicking because you misunderstand...

My thoughts are that you are panicking because you misunderstand what BRN is offering to manufacturers & how the supplier manufacturer relationship operates. Because of this you have convinced yourself that as MB has not specifically mentioned Akida then MB is not using Akida. Think about this for a while - In order to produce a MB vehicle MB will source components & products from hundreds of suppliers. Many of these suppliers are top tier billion dollar companies like Bosch, FAG, ZF yet MB does not mention these suppliers in order to sell more MB vehicles. Nor do these suppliers mind their relative anonymity (to the general public anyway) because their business is not selling or producing MB vehicles.

If it helps, I find the comments from MB (& specifically who commented) to indicate that everything is going along smoothly with BRN & MB.