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19 Jul 2017

Audi, BMW and Daimler to pay for car upgrades to fix emissions

Süddeutsche Zeitung

German car manufacturers are willing to pay for certain upgrades and retrofitting to reduce their diesel cars’ nitrogen oxide emissions and help avoid driving bans, Peter Fahrenholz writes in Süddeutsche Zeitung. BMW and Audi they would pay for software updates, but critics say this is not enough to bring down emissions, Fahrenholz says. it would recall 3 million diesel cars for software updates.

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For background, read the 91tv dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.

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