German luxury automaker Daimler manipulated the engines of around one million diesel vehicles to make them appear less polluting, local media reported on Thursday, raising echoes of competitor Volkswagen's 'dieselgate' scandal. The motors were built into more than one million cars and vans by Daimler, including C, E and R class Mercedes. According to the warrant, prosecutors sought to recover emails between 99 Daimler employees, one of them a member of the group's executive board. Two Daimler employees from the team that created the software are under formal investigation on suspicion of fraud and false advertising. Daimler also faces an investigation by the United States Department of Justice, as well as a number of class-action lawsuits accusing it of false advertising.

Source: The Local July 13, 2017 07:52 UTC