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BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen charged by EU regulators with emissions collusion
BRUSSELS -- BMW and Volkswagen face possible hefty fines after EU antitrust regulators on Friday charged the German carmakers and whistleblower Daimler with colluding to block the rollout of clean-emissions technology.
In the latest pollution scandal to hit the auto industry, the European Commission said it had sent so-called statements of objections to the companies setting out the charges, nearly two years after carrying out dawn raids at their premises.
It said the collusion occurred between 2006 to 2014 and took place during technical meetings held by the "circle of five", namely BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen Group's VW, Audi and Porsche.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 14 2019, @03:14PM (1 child)
I didn't RTFA -- is this a question of not implementing an existing technology, or cheating on a test because the technology doesn't exist to pass the test?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday April 15 2019, @04:36AM