Daimler escapes fine and hardware recall in diesel emissions case
Munich/Berlin/Frankfurt — With a government order to recall 774,000 vehicles in Europe, Daimler stands accused of having used illegal defeat device in its engines, while escaping the crushing cost of fines. The move follows consultations with the German government in Berlin on Monday, which Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche called "constructive". Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer for his part did not mince his words by ordering "an immediate formal recall because of prohibited shutoff devices". The car maker will upgrade engine software in Vito vans as well as the GLC sport-utility vehicle and C-Class sedan. The models are not currently available in the US, according to the brand’s US site, and the company has repeatedly denied being complicit in the kind of cheating conducted by Volkswagen that led to the diesel-engine crisis three years ago. "We don’t see any evidence that Daimler was designing software to deliberately cheat on emission testing," said Arndt Ellinghorst, an analyst with ...
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