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BMW rejects claims of spying on Bollore EV technology in France

Bollore's Bluecar EVs are pictured using the company's road-side charging stations in Paris.
September 18, 2013 05:00 AM

BMW has denied claims it used subcontracted engineers in France to obtain information on a rival's car-sharing service. Bollore filed a complaint with the Paris prosecutor after the technicians were detained and questioned by police in Paris on Sept. 5 on suspicion of industrial espionage against the company's Autolib' car-sharing scheme, according to media reports.

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