AIR POLLUTION:Mercedes owner sues Daimler over alleged rigged diesel testsPublished: Friday, February 19, 2016
A Mercedes diesel car owner is suing Daimler AG on the grounds that the manufacturer programmed its clean diesel vehicles to emit more nitrogen oxides than legally allowed. The New Jersey suit was filed by the law firm Hagens Berman, which has played a lead role in litigation over a similar scandal at Volkswagen AG. That German automaker admitted last September 2015 that it had rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests (*Greenwire* <http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060025183/>, Sept. 23, 2015). The U.S. Justice Department last month filed a $46 billion lawsuit against Volkswagen (*ClimateWire* <http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060030113/>, Jan. 5). Daimler has denied repeatedly any accusation of rigging emissions tests and said today the suit was unfounded. Hagens Berman, however, said its on-road testing had shown Mercedes' clean diesel vehicles emitting an average of 19 times the legal NOx emissions (Reuters/London*Guardian* <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/19/mercedes-owner-files-us-suit-over-diesel-emissions>, Feb. 19). *-- BTP* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com