BMW and Daimler have now suspended senior staff in light of allegations surrounding the testing of diesel emissions on monkeys in the US.
Volkswagen’s head of group external relations and sustainability Dr Thomas Steg has been suspended following allegations that monkeys were used in an emissions testing regime carried out on behalf of the brand.
Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW face a new diesel emissions-related backlash following claims that monkeys were exposed to diesel fumes as part of scientific test carried out on the German premium brands' behalf.
Simon Elliott, who headed Chrysler UK last decade and later ran VW Group Ireland, has taken the managing director's seat at Intercounty Truck & Van.
Mercedes-Benz will recall around 400,000 vehicles in the UK as it seeks to fix a potential airbag safety issue.
Germany’s premium car manufacturers are allegedly under investigation for collusion over the technology implemented in their vehicles - including emissons-filtering AdBlue.
Mercedes-Benz’s decision to complete upgrades to hundreds of thousands of UK-owned diesel vehicles could prompt a push to prevent the “death of diesel”, it has been claimed.
Mercedes-Benz dealers in the UK will apply software upgrades to “several hundred thousand” diesel engines as the premium brand bids to cut nitrogen oxide emissions on three million vehicles.
Daimler AG is set to recall a million Mercedes-Benz vehicles worldwide after 51 fires were reported in newer model cars, reports suggest.
BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group have teamed up to boost EV use across Europe with the introduction of 400 new fast-charge points along major road routes.
Smart has said that its ‘perfect city car’ has ‘become a little more perfect’ with the introduction of a range-wide EV drivetrain set to make its debut at next week’s Paris Motor Show.
The all-new Renault Twingo, smart fortwo and smart forfour launch this autumn to represent the first vehicles fully co-developed by Daimler and Renault-Nissan from scratch.
Andy Williamson, chief financial officer of Mercedes-Benz UK is set to leave the UK to become director of parent group Daimler's Shared Services International and head of the Daimler Group Services Madrid.
Ford, Daimler and Renault-Nissan have signed a three-way agreement for the joint development of common fuel cell system to speed up availability of zero-emission car technology and significantly reduce investment costs across all companies.
