Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler spent years illegally colluding to slow the deployment of cleaner emissions technology, says the European Union, which is dishing out fines as a result.
Volkswagen, BMW fined $1 billion for colluding to make dirtier cars
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| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 8, 2021 11:29 PM |
DL eldergays’ favorite cars! No! 💨
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 8, 2021 11:18 PM |
Should have been $10 billion each.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 8, 2021 11:20 PM |
The scheme described by EU authorities is separate from the Volkswagen Group’s massive Dieselgate scandal, in which the company installed software on its diesel vehicles that helped fool environmental regulators into believing they were compliant, when in reality, they were polluting far more than the legal limit. Dieselgate ultimately led to nearly $40 billion in fines, buybacks, and legal fees for the Volkswagen Group. Daimler also installed software on some of its diesel vehicles to cheat emissions tests and has paid billions of dollars in fines. BMW was careful to point out Thursday that, unlike the other companies it was caught colluding with, it had not cheated emissions testing.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 8, 2021 11:21 PM |
They should ban those cars from being sold for a year
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 8, 2021 11:21 PM |
That collusion is not as bad as posting a duplicate DL thread.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 8, 2021 11:21 PM |
Did I, R5? Ach, sorry about that. I usually check but it’s so geeky that I thought… ugh. Sorry.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 8, 2021 11:23 PM |
ceos are evil.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 8, 2021 11:29 PM |