France charges Renault with deception in diesel emissions probe
French carmaker’s engineering head says it’s unclear how many of the group’s cars are affected by the probe
08 June 2021 - 20:25
Paris — French carmaker Renault said on Tuesday that a French court had charged the firm with deception over a diesel emissions probe launched in 2017, focused on some of its older vehicles and suspected test manipulations.
Several carmakers in Europe have come under scrutiny since the Volkswagen “dieselgate” scandal that erupted in 2015 over test-cheating in the US, at a time when regulators are becoming ever tougher on pollution standards...
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