German car industry still miles away from coming clean on emissions scandal ā opinion
SĆ¼ddeutsche Zeitung
Daimlerās embroilment in the car emissions manipulation scandal shows that Germanyās most important industry is still miles away from coming clean, writes Markus Balser in a commentary for the SĆ¼ddeutsche Zeitung entitled āA heavy blow for [Daimler CEO Dieter] Zetsche.ā In sharp contrast to Zetscheās earlier claim that Daimler hasn't cheated, āhis company apparently didnāt have any better ideas than to put illegal emissions defeat software into almost 800,000 cars in Europe.ā
Read the commentary in German .
For background, read the factsheet Reluctant Daimler plans āradicalā push into new mobility world and the dossier BMW, Daimler, and VW vow to fight in green transport revolution.
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