On Friday 5 April, the European Commission sent a statement of objections to BMW, Daimler and the Volkswagen group (Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche), in which the institution criticises the manufacturers, after a preliminary investigation, for having restricted competition in the development of technologies to reduce emissions from passenger cars with petrol and diesel engines.
These objections follow inspections carried out by the institution in October 2017 (see EUROPE B11889A26), which led...