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The following documents are related to the settlement reached by California Air Resources Board and the California Attorney General with Daimler, AG and Mercedes-Benz USA, for the use of illegal defeat devices in model year 2009-2016 diesel passenger cars and Sprinter delivery vans.

Daimler will take various measures to prevent future violations. Daimler will maintain its recent corporate reorganization, which separates emissions certification and product development activities. Daimler will perform enhanced annual technical training on certification compliance requirements and will also publish its Compliance Operation Plan which will include details about the company’s internal controls around emissions compliance. The company will perform portable emission measurement system (PEMS) testing on its new diesel and gasoline vehicles, and special-cycle testing of select diesel vehicles, to assess whether the vehicles operate similarly on the federal emissions test cycles as compared to off-cycle, typical driving conditions. This testing will be performed prior to certification, which will enable the EPA to take the PEMS results into account in making new-vehicle certification decisions. Lastly, Daimler will conduct internal audits by a dedicated settlement compliance team, observed by an external compliance consultant, to assess the implementation of the consent decree requirements.

The settlement addresses allegations made in separate civil complaints filed by the United States and CARB today in the District of Columbia that, from 2009 to 2016, Daimler manufactured, imported, and sold more than 250,000 diesel Sprinter vans and passenger cars with undisclosed AECDs and defeat devices programmed into the vehicles’ complex emissions control software. These devices cause the vehicles to produce compliant results during emissions testing. But when not running a test, the vehicles’ emissions controls perform differently, and less effectively, resulting in an increase in NOx emissions above compliant levels.

In December, Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimer AG agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations that the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests, according to an announcement by a coalition of attorneys general.

(Washington, DC) – The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have resolved a civil enforcement case against Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (collectively, “Daimler”). This settlement, filed on September 14, 2020 and entered by the Court on March 9, 2021 (the “Effective Date” of the agreement), resolves violations of the Clean Air Act and California law based on Daimler’s cheating on emission tests and failing to disclose unlawful defeat devices in approximately 250,000 diesel vehicles sold or leased in the United States. Daimler has agreed to implement a recall program to repair the noncompliant vehicles, offer an extended warranty on repaired vehicles, and pay a civil penalty of $875 million. Daimler also will implement a program to mitigate excess pollution from these vehicles.

Beginning in 2008 and continuing to 2016, the states allege Mercedes manufactured, marketed, advertised, and distributed nationwide more than 211,000 diesel passenger cars and vans equipped with software defeat devices that optimized emission controls during emissions tests, while reducing those controls outside of normal operations. The defeat devices enabled vehicles to far exceed legal limits of nitrogen oxides emissions, a harmful pollutant that causes respiratory illness and contributes to the formation of smog.

The settlement resolves allegations that Daimler violated environmental and civil laws by using defeat device software to circumvent emissions testing. This software enables vehicles’ emissions controls to perform more effectively when being run through EPA and CARB test cycles than in real world driving conditions. Daimler is alleged to have sold about 250,000 passenger cars and vans in the United States with diesel engines that did not comply with state and federal laws and regulations governing vehicle emissions and certifications. Of those, approximately 36,946 non-compliant vehicles were sold in California, emitting excess NOx, a smog-forming pollution that exacerbates asthma and other health problems. As part of the settlement, Daimler will be required to pay civil penalties, fix the vehicles, and mitigate excess NOx emissions. The estimated total cost of the settlement is approximately $1.5 billion.

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 50 other attorneys general today announced a nearly $150 million settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA (Mercedes), resolving violations of environmental and consumer protection laws stemming from the company’s use of illegal emissions-cheating software. A multistate investigation led by Attorney General James and eight other attorneys general found that Mercedes equipped hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles with undisclosed software designed to cheat emissions tests, mislead consumers, and illegally pollute communities nationwide. Under the settlement, Mercedes will pay $149,673,750 to the coalition, including more than $13.5 million to New York to fight air pollution, and provide $2,000 payments to eligible owners and lessees whose vehicles receive the required emissions repairs. The company must also undertake broad corrective actions to prevent future misconduct and comply with strict oversight requirements.

According to the coalition, between 2008 and 2016 the German automaker equipped more than 211,000 diesel passenger cars and vans with software devices that optimized emission controls during tests but reduced the controls during normal operations. The devices enabled vehicles to far exceed legal limits for nitrogen oxides, a pollutant that can cause respiratory illnesses and contributes to smog.

Violation: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and DaimlerChrysler AG (Mercedes) failed to timely file EDIRs relating to eight emission-related defects in numerous 1998 to 2006 model vehicles.

Violation: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and DaimlerChrysler AG (Mercedes) failed to timely file EDIRs relating to eight emission-related defects in numerous 1998 to 2006 model vehicles.

And last week, Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership with German startup Tytan Technologies to produce anti-drone vehicles.

For months, Mercedes started shifts by showing videos that warned about the failures of unions and the lack of say workers have in how their union dues are spent. Two weeks before the election, the company announced a CEO change in Alabama and urged workers to give the new leadership a chance.

Mercedes-Benz Group AG vowed not to make anti-union threats as part of a deal to resolve a US labor board case over the company’s response to a high-stakes Alabama organizing drive.

The German vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck has been convicted in Brazil for discrimination against employees and ordered to pay compensation amounting to 40 million reais...

Mercedes-Benz Group AG toppled a recall of some of its diesel models at a German court over a procedural issue and was spared a decision over whether it used illegal emission-cheating software.

Over 100 consumer brands are linked to the factories, including Apple, Volkswagen, LG Electronics, Skechers, KFC Chicken, Samsung, Cal-Comp, BMW, Subway, McDonald’s, Tesla, Crocs, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler (part of Stellantis), Mazda, Hyundai, Mahle Industrial Thermal Systems, and Midea (which sponsors Manchester City football club).

"We are in contact with our suppliers and whenever concerns are raised, we push suppliers for clarification," Mercedes-Benz added.

By Stewart Bishop ( March 27, 2013, 3:52 PM EDT) -- A U. K. antitrust regulator on Wednesday slapped Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd. unit and four of its commercial vehicle dealers with £2. 85 million ($4. 3 million) in fines for market sharing, coordinating prices and exchanging commercially sensitive information. . . .

The ACEA is also lobbying for an urgent suspension of plans to introduce 10% tariffs on UK electric vehicles (EVs) imported to the EU, and EU EVs exported to the UK.

Mercedes-Benz Group AG Chief Executive Officer Ola Källenius warned that the European Union’s push to shield its car industry risks driving costs even higher and creating distortions across global supply chains.

The carmaker's internal source code was inadvertently published on a public GitHub server due to human error, the spokesperson said. An internal investigation is still ongoing, and additional "remedial measures" will be implemented accordingly.

The lawsuit and trial documents indicate that Monjazeb repeatedly refused to meet again with Coachman and told his managers not to discuss his employment status with him when he returned to the office in January 2015. According to the trial briefs and documents filed before trial, Monjazeb fired Coachman by email, explaining privately that the man’s “voice box would be unappealing to customers,” according to the 2017 suit.

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Total Spending $1.78M

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During the development of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz GLC, a company spokesperson told Newsweek U.S. dealer representatives requested that the company provide a safe storage area in the car for handguns. Mercedes-Benz delivered.

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A Mercedes-Benz Group AG unit’s severance agreement with a former employee blocks the worker from pursuing race and age discrimination claims she released as part of the pact, a federal appeals court said.

An investigation conducted by CARB staff disclosed that Mercedes-Benz sold, supplied, and offered for sale in California, a consumer product that did not meet administrative requirements specified in the Consumer Products Regulation, under California Code of Regulations, title 17, sections 94512(b) and 94512(c)(2).