BMW, Daimler, and VW probed by EU over possible cartel activity

The European Commission is opening an investigation into a leading group of car manufacturers over whether they colluded on clean emissions technologies. The so-called “circle of five” car manufacturers includes BMW, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche. “If proven, this collusion may have denied consumers the opportunity to buy less polluting cars, despite the technology being available to the manufacturers,” says Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner fo