BMW searched by German prosecutors over suspected defeat devices

LB

By:

Ludwig Burger and Joern Poltz

March 20, 2018 05:00 AM

MUNICH -- German state prosecutors said they searched BMW premises in Germany and Austria, investigating suspected defeat devices capable of manipulating exhaust emissions.

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