Daimler summoned by German Transport Ministry for selling vehicles with excessive emissions

According to foreign media reports, the German Ministry of Transport said that the Volkswagen emissions scandal investigation committee summoned Daimler to attend a "special meeting" on Thursday, hoping to use this to deal with the case of Daimler selling cars that exceeded emissions standards.

Daimler is accused of selling more than one million cars with excessive emissions in Europe and the United States, Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Wednesday, citing a search warrant issued by a Stuttgart court.

Two months ago, Daimler was raided by the Stuttgart prosecutors on suspicion of false advertising and malicious manipulation of diesel vehicle exhaust treatment systems. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung pointed out that it was the local court search in Stuttgart that led to the series of investigations on May 23.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung pointed out that relevant documents show that the company sold more than 1 million cars in Europe and the United States from 2008 to 2016, including many Mercedes-Benz luxury models, with excessive emissions. The models involved in this investigation are equipped with OM 642 and OM 651 engines, and prosecutors are testing whether there is cheating software in the engine that can control the emission test results. Based on the content of the search warrant, Sueddeutsche Zeitung believes that the models involved may be banned from sale in Europe.

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