EU CHARGES CARMAKERS WITH BLOCKING EMISSIONS CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

04/08/2019

On April 5, the European Commission charged BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen with colluding to limit the introduction of clean emissions technology. The Commission alleges that the carmakers colluded between 2006 and 2014 to limit, delay, or avoid the introduction of selective catalytic reduction systems to reduce harmful nitrogen oxides emissions from diesel passenger cars. The carmakers have 10 weeks to respond and could face fines of up to 10% of their global annual turnover. For the full story, see https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/05/bmw-daimler-and-vw-cha….