The Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office searched the premises of Daimler AG at several locations in Germany, in connection with “preliminary investigations of known and unknown employees of Daimler AG due to suspicion of fraud and criminal advertising relating to the possible manipulation of exhaust-gas aftertreatment in passenger cars with diesel engines.”
The company, which owns Mercedes-Benz, has stated it is “fully cooperating with the authorities,” but are unable to provide further comments on the ongoing preliminary investigations. According to Reuters, the search involved 11 different sites across Germany, with 23 prosecutors and around 230 staff, including police and state criminal authorities.
Ever since the dieselgate scandal, carmakers have had to face increased scrutiny by regulators over their emissions tests. Organisations have also opted to implement new real-world testing methods, which is claimed to offer more probably results.
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Meanwhile the US government has filed a civil lawsuit accusing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV of using software to bypass emission controls in diesel vehicles. In January, EPA and California accused Fiat Chrysler of illegally using undisclosed software to allow excess diesel emissions in 104,000 U.S. 2014-2016 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 trucks.
Remember me Heng Lee. Last week you gave me a GUD lecture on Fiat Chrysler Dieselgate where U accused the US did not take action against Chrysler that I said is still ongoing.
The latest news on 23rd May, US environmental regulators on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against automaker Fiat Chrysler.
I’m not saying I’m being vindicated bcos the Italian automaker said it intends to defend itself vigorously. The saga continue …
We all know diesel is being phased out in favor of electric vehicles so this will be a non issue in the bear future