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I find it a little funny that BMW and others were just fined for colluding with the effect of “slowing the deployment of cleaner emissions tech” while Tesla is
by Robotbeat 5y ago
I find it a little funny that BMW and others were just fined for colluding with the effect of “slowing the deployment of cleaner emissions tech” while Tesla is being fined for going too fast in the deployment of cleaner vehicles (via building factories faster than the regulatory bodies could keep up). https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/08/eu-fines-bmw-vw-1b-for-running-emissions-cartel-since-the-90s/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/08/eu-fines-bmw-vw-1b-for-run...
I realize they still should follow appropriate regulations, but it’s still funny to me.
- throwwayway 5y agoWelcome to Europe. Where Germany basically pollutes the whole continent with its crappy cars and it punishes any company going against their carmakers, either by setting so called emission targets that bmw vw and daimler can bypass or by punishing those like tesla that move too fast. You should also hear the crazies in that country pushing conspiracy theories about how electric cars in fact pollute more. Oh and not to mention they still use coal.
- anoncake 5y agoTesla is being treated like any other company here – more leniently, if anything.