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Volkswagen and Daimler Inspected by EU as Cartel Probe Widens

October 23, 2017

Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG were inspected by European Union antitrust investigators as the EU stepped up a probe into allegations the German car industry colluded on technology for decades.

Volkswagen said EU officials visited its Wolfsburg headquarters and its Audi unit’s offices in Ingoldstadt, Germany. Daimler received “an announced visit” from EU cartel investigators to its Stuttgart headquarters, spokeswoman Ute Wueest von Vellberg said by phone.

The European Commission said it carried out visits at the premises of several car manufacturers in Germany, accompanied by German antitrust officials. The inspections come days after BMW AG said it was raided as part of the same probe.

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