Europe fines BMW and Volkswagen of 875 million euros – IT Pro – News

The European Commission has fined car manufacturers Volkswagen and BMW of 875 million euros. According to the European Commission, the companies have made technical agreements about the use of environmentally friendly technology in order not to compete with each other.

According to European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen had a technology to reduce harmful emissions from diesel cars. She thus refers to the AdBlue fluid with which nitrogen oxides can be filtered from the exhaust gases of diesel cars.

“These companies possessed the technology to reduce pollutant emissions even further than was legally required by Europe. But they avoided competition through agreements with each other and so the full potential of this technology was not used, according to Vestager. in a press release.

Volkswagen thinks Reportedly whether it will appeal the decision of the European Commission. “The Commission is embarking on a new legal train as it has come to regard technical cooperation between companies as anti-competitive for the first time,” it said.

Volkswagen has to pay 502.4 million euros and BMW 372.8 million euros. Daimler is off the hook because the car manufacturer had informed Europe about the collaboration.

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