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Including VW will cost around € 500 million and BMW around € 375 million.
The automaker Daimler is also involved in the case, but will not have to pay a fine, because Daimler reported violations to the EC in 2017, after which an investigation was launched.
It found that car manufacturers had illegally agreed to limit the effectiveness of AdBlue, a liquid cleaning agent, so that it did not remove emissions of nitrogen oxides beyond what was required by European Union (EU) regulations.
“Today’s case is about how legal cooperation has gone wrong. The carmakers had developed very good technology, but decided not to compete to its full potential,” EU Competition Commissioner Margrette Vestagere told reporters.
VW units are also involved in the infringements “Audi“un” Porsche “.
This case is not about the so-called diesel scandal. In September 2015, Volkswagen acknowledged that up to 11 million of its cars in the world are equipped with specific types of diesel engines, which are equipped with software for falsifying harmful emission indicators.
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