The German auto industry started conspiring on diesel emissions in the 1990s
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2XD30)
In the 1990s, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Porsche, Daimler and other German auto-makers formed a secret pact to price-fix a diesel emissions control substance called AdBlue, according to Der Spiegel, who cites memos from those meetings that VW and Daimler have sent to German competition enforcers. (more")