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BMW, Daimler, and VW Colluded To Prevent Better Emissions Control Tech, EU Says (arstechnica.com)
The European Union Commission today accused BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen Group (which makes VW, Audi, and Porsche vehicles) of colluding to limit emissions reduction technology in their diesel and gas vehicles. From a report: The commission accused the three manufacturers of coordinating to limit the size and refill ranges of AdBlue tanks on their diesel vehicles made between 2006 and 2014. AdBlue is a urea-based liquid that is injected into exhaust gas to reduce the amount of nitrogen oxides (NOx) that are released during diesel combustion. The commission also accused the three manufacturers of agreeing to avoid or delay the introduction of "Otto" particulate filters on gas-powered vehicles between 2009 and 2014.
After opening an investigation last September, the EU Commission today sent the three German automakers Statements of Objections, that is, a formal letter outlining the preliminary view that the manufacturers' behavior was illegal. "Such market behavior, if confirmed... would violate EU competition rules prohibiting cartel agreements to limit or control production, markets or technical development," an EU Commission press release read.
After opening an investigation last September, the EU Commission today sent the three German automakers Statements of Objections, that is, a formal letter outlining the preliminary view that the manufacturers' behavior was illegal. "Such market behavior, if confirmed... would violate EU competition rules prohibiting cartel agreements to limit or control production, markets or technical development," an EU Commission press release read.
corporations will kill us all just to make another cent
Not really, the EU is taking care of it's jurisdiction and leaving the U.S. to deal with (or not) it's own.
Hypocrites because they're prosecuting manufacturers whose products were designed to deceive pollution testing? I'm not sure how that's hypocritical. If, as you state, the EU's goal here is to be "great for the environment", then this seems to be exactly what they're doing.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
American companies, hahahaha... Did they finally stop building those monster trucks for normal commuters or what?
Ezekiel 23:20
This time it's not about the environment or deceiving pollution tests, but about collusion between 3 major market players, which goes against antitrust regulation.
If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
VW, at least, would fill the urea tank with scheduled maintenance, and the tank was intended to last for the entire service interval. Getting the tank filled "for free" withh scheduled maintenance was part of the package. Reducing the size of the tank forces owners to come in for that maintenance sooner than they might want to, because the tank sensor tells them it's time.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
And no American ones?
It may blow your mind to realise that colluding on a local level is orders of magnitude easier than on an international level.
Yet the Euros are the first to scream about how great they are for the environment and how bad the US is. Looks like they just proved to be hypocrites
Actually they just proved to put their money where their mouth is. The fact that they are prosecuting their own companies for having a negative impact on the environment without even formally breaching environmental rules (something which would be laughable if suggested in the USA) shows they are very much serious about their environmental standards.
As for screaming about the USA. No one screams. They just show measurable and verifiable facts. ... errr sorry, wrong election. ... "Beautiful American Coal"
Drill baby drill!