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Mercedes-Benz says US DOJ ended investigation into diesel emissions scandal
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its probe into the Mercedes-Benz diesel emissions scandal and the car manufacturer is no longer facing charges, the company said on Saturday.
BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its probe into the Mercedes-Benz diesel emissions scandal and the car manufacturer is no longer facing charges, the company said on Saturday.
Mercedes-Benz cooperated fully with the DOJ, Renata Jungo Bruengger, board member for integrity, governance and sustainability at Mercedes, said in an emailed statement.
“With the DOJ’s decision, we are taking another important step towards legal certainty in connection with various diesel proceedings,” she said, confirming an earlier report in the German newspaper Handelsblatt about the DOJ decision.
In 2016, the U.S. DOJ called on Mercedes-Benz to conduct an internal investigation into possible manipulated emissions values in diesel vehicles.
The car maker was accused of deceiving consumers with false representations of its BlueTEC vehicles, which it marketed as “the world’s cleanest and most advanced diesel.”
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach and Kerstin Dorr, writing by Maria Martinez, editing by Clelia Oziel)
The diesel emissions scandal refers to a controversy involving car manufacturers, including Mercedes-Benz, accused of using software to manipulate emissions tests, leading to false representations of vehicle emissions.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is a federal executive department responsible for enforcing the law and administering justice in the United States, including overseeing investigations and prosecutions.
BlueTEC is a technology developed by Mercedes-Benz that aims to reduce emissions from diesel engines, marketed as a cleaner and more efficient diesel option.
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