Munich/Berlin — The German government said it would test additional vehicles made by Daimler, a day after company executives were summoned to Berlin for an extraordinary meeting about the ongoing probe into the car maker’s diesel emissions. The federal motor transport authority, or KBA, which is also looking into potential emissions violations at other car makers, will oversee the tests, transport ministry spokesperson Ingo Strater told reporters in Berlin on Friday. On Thursday, details emerged that two engines used in Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz cars were being scrutinised by Stuttgart prosecutors as part of an investigation they opened in March. "The KBA is testing vehicles from Daimler, just as it has done with other manufacturers in the past," Strater said. Germany’s scrutiny of Daimler deepens concern that defeat devices used to cheat on emissions tests were used more widely than initially thought. Volkswagen in September 2015 was the first manufacturer to be caught using the tech...
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