Dieselgate 2.0? Daimler Set To Get HIT With A $1 BILLION Fine For Emissions Cheating Software

Prosecutors in Stuttgart, Germany are set to fine Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler between 800 million euros ($895 million) and 1 billion euros for diesel-related violations, German magazine Der Spiegel said in its online edition on Friday.

German motor vehicle authority KBA had discovered cheating software fitted to Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class vehicles and ordered the carmaker to recall 280,000 vehicles, Spiegel said.

A fine of up to 5,000 euros per vehicle is being considered by the Stuttgart prosecutor, the magazine said...
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MDarringer - 8/10/2019 10:05:42 AM

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Bosch is the provider. It's is abundantly clear that Bosch and VWAG were very much on the same page about the cheat programming. Thus, it would not be too far fetched to think that Bosch "marketed" the device.

Car4life1 - 8/10/2019 9:02:38 PM

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Lol their iconic mustache wearing CEO Dieter Zetsche saw the writings on the wall and got the hell outta there on a high note, Benz and their legal team has had time to prepare after watching Volkswagen, so I’m sure it will be settled quickly

610looper - 8/10/2019 8:58:00 PM

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Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Chrysler/Fiat already have their fines..now it's time for the others to be spanked...BMW, MB times up.

"In May, Stuttgart prosecutors fined Porsche 535 million euros and supplier Bosch 90 million euros, while prosecutors in Braunschweig fined VW 1 billion euros and Munich prosecutors imposed an 800 million euros fine against Audi."

Car4life1 - 8/10/2019 9:05:42 PM

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Yea, I expected the fine to be more, A billion euro is made regularly on G Wagon sales alone for Benz LOL

dlin - 8/11/2019 11:04:58 AM

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HIT'EM! HIT THE CHEATER!!

carloslassiter - 8/11/2019 3:05:33 PM

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That's billion with a B.

MDarringer - 8/12/2019 8:30:40 AM

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Chump change. That's about 1/3 the cost to develop a new car, so it's not a gigantic amount. Look at all the billions VW has been levied and they still had the power to invest tens of billions into new EV platforms.

Foncool - 8/12/2019 7:07:12 AM

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The fact that most of the vehicles in Europe are/were diesel powered, and all the manufacturers apparently had to “cheat” to meet the emissions standard set by government regulators could also mean that regulations are not based on achievable numbers, but based on a social political wish that is set by unelected bureaucrats wielding unchecked power.

MDarringer - 8/12/2019 8:28:21 AM

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Europe is largely socialist and socialists believe that all you have to do is to issue a law and that solves everything.