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Prosecutors take aim at Opel in 鈥榙ieselgate鈥

French-owned carmaker Opel became the latest household name of the German auto industry in prosecutors鈥 sights over diesel emissions, as authorities raided two factories belonging to the lightning-bolt brand and prepared a mass recall.

Federal transport authority KBA 鈥渇iled charges鈥 against Opel, accusing the manufacturer of 鈥渟elling cars with manipulated exhaust control software,鈥 said senior prosecutor Nadja Niesen.

She added that across Europe, around 95,000 cars had fallen under suspicion.

Opel said in a statement there were 鈥減reliminary proceedings on emissions鈥 with searches at its factories in Ruesselsheim and Kaiserslautern. It said it was 鈥渇ully cooperating with the authorities鈥 and 鈥渞eaffirms that its vehicles comply with the applicable regulations.鈥

Tracing its roots back more than 150 years, Opel and British subsidiary Vauxhall were bought last year by Peugeot maker PSA after decades under General Motors.

It was until recently one of a few corners of the mighty German auto industry relatively untouched by 鈥渄ieselgate.鈥

The scandal followed Volkswagen鈥檚 2015 admission to fitting 11 million cars worldwide with software 鈥 so-called 鈥渄efeat devices鈥 颅鈥 to make them appear less polluting in lab tests.


 

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