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Diesel scandal: Opel in Rüsselsheim gets away with a fine of millions

2021-10-19T11:29:15.591Z


The car manufacturer Opel in Rüsselsheim accepted a fine in the diesel scandal. There are also new details in the proceedings against six managers of the company.


The car manufacturer Opel in Rüsselsheim accepted a fine in the diesel scandal.

There are also new details in the proceedings against six managers of the company.

Frankfurt / Main - Clean during the emissions test, but really dirty on the road: Already over five years ago, according to information from the German Environmental Aid at the Federal Motor Transport Authority and the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office, there was a serious suspicion that some Opel models such as the Opel Zafira, Insignia and Cascada have something wrong with them. The authorities then followed up on suspicions of fraud and exhaust gas manipulation. In the end, Opel in Rüsselsheim has to pay a fine of millions, but is spared a process like the one at VW.

As a spokeswoman for the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Tuesday morning (October 19, 20219), the authorities closed the investigation against Opel “for breach of documentation obligations” when approving the diesel models with a corresponding fine. The 64.8 million euros have since been paid The spokeswoman announced that there will be no process based on the Volkswagen model at Opel.

Opel in the diesel scandal: proceedings against six managers from Rüsselsheim suspended

The proceedings against six responsible managers were discontinued because of minor guilt or against payment of conditions.

Opel attaches great importance to the determination that the notice of the fine does not contain any allegation of an intentional act or a criminal offense, in particular no fraud.

"It also does not contain a statement of an illegal defeat device," said a company spokesman.

Opel is still fundamentally convinced that all vehicles have complied with the legal requirements at all times.

The investigation was initiated by the German Environmental Aid Association.

In 2018, the Federal Motor Transport Authority imposed a mandatory recall on Opel models that had emitted significantly higher levels of pollutants on the road.

Opel in Rüsselsheim reacts with changed software.

Opel in Rüsselsheim and the diesel scandal: Deutsche Umwelthilfe criticizes the Frankfurt public prosecutor

The Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) complains that the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office has not filed a lawsuit.

DUH managing director Jürgen Resch gives the Hessischer Rundfunk a harsh verdict: Opel in Rüsselsheim promised its customers clean diesels, "but sold real poison gas spinners".

The public prosecutor's office is apparently committed to the interests of large industrial groups, his allegation was that cheated citizens looked into the pipe.

Only recently did the employees at Opel's development center in Rüsselsheim receive worrying information *: Their jobs are likely to be relocated abroad.

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(judo / dpa)

Source: merkur

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