In USA class action lawsuit against Daimler filed

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In USA class action lawsuit against Daimler filed

Again it goes back to the suspicion of fraud in emissions: According to VW is now also a Mercedes-Benz in the USA has been sued. Initiator is a US lawyer, much experience with class action suits against car companies.

Listed are 14 different models: Their nitrogen oxide emissions have the official data significantly exceeded, it is said in the lawsuit, which is now at a district court in Illinois was filed. The statements from Mercedes-Benz stating that the “BlueTec”-diesel technology the world’s cleanest, are “misleading and wrong”. In fact, it would in the U.S. maximum permissible levels to the 19-time is exceeded, for temperatures below ten degrees Celsius, even up to 65-Fold, says the Car owner, so that a class action lawsuit against the car companies, Daimler initiated.

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The group are both violations of U.S. environmental laws as well as also fraud on the consumers when buying a car accused of. Daimler rejects the allegations, decided back. “We consider the lawsuit to be unfounded,” said a spokeswoman. The company will use the documents to check and defend yourself.

Ever noticed

However, for example, had the Mercedes C 220 recent Tests in the Netherlands, the limit values for nitrogen oxide emissions exceeded. To protect the motor drive in the C-class, the exhaust after-treatment at temperatures of below ten degrees Celsius down, had a spokesman at the time explained. This increased the outputs. The follow-up treatment will however, “at no time” has been turned off.

No Cheating Programs?

The use of a special “Defeat Device” referred to Software for the Tricking of emissions testing, such as Volkswagen Diesel scandal began arguing Daimler strictly. The US EPA, Daimler has so far not manipulations of the accused. To date, such allegations only against Volkswagen.

According to US investigations had the VW group in September, be granted eleven million diesel-powered vehicles as a cheating software used to have the emissions testing a lower nitrogen-oxide emissions shows than on the road.

Also behind the case against Daimler is the well-known US lawyer Steve Berman, the already General Motors and Toyota with class actions made to create. His law firm Hagens Berman had at 18. September – on the day it becomes known that the VW scandal – started clients for a lawsuit against the Wolfsburg-based muster.

Basically, it is the car manufacturers in the U.S. is not prohibited from facilities to Pollution. However, do these programs with the approval of the vehicles disclosed and be approved by the authorities.

SC/wl (dpa, afp)