Daimler fined about 100 billion yen Shipment of vehicles violating exhaust gas regulations September 25, 8:22
The German prosecutor's authority ordered Daimler, a major car manufacturer that operates Mercedes-Benz, to pay a fine of approximately 100 billion yen in Japanese yen for shipping diesel vehicles that violated exhaust gas regulations. It was.
A prosecutor in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, announced on August 24 that it has ordered a major car manufacturer Daimler to pay a fine of 870 million euros, or approximately 103 billion yen in Japanese yen.
According to the prosecution authorities, Daimler has been shipping diesel vehicles that violated exhaust gas regulations since 2008 without sufficient inspection.
For this, Daimler has issued a statement indicating that it is willing to pay a fine as “no legal action against the prosecution”.
Regarding diesel vehicles, Daimler was suspiciously raised after the discovery that Volkswagen had been fraudulent in order to escape the exhaust gas regulations in 2015.