Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from on (#70QFJ)
Mercedes, Ford, Renault, Nissan and Peugeot/Citroen face group action in which damages could exceed 6bn
Car manufacturers decided they would rather cheat to prioritise customer convenience" and sell cars than comply with the law on deadly pollutants, the first day of the largest group action trial in English legal history has been told.
More than a decade after the original dieselgate" scandal broke, lawyers representing 1.6 million diesel car owners in the UK argue that manufacturers deliberately installed software to rig emissions tests.
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