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Car manufacturer Daimler gets 1st investor complaint over 'dieselgate'

The affected vehicles involved VW's own-brand cars, but also those made by Audi, Porsche, Skoda and Seat

A Daimler sign name is pictured during the company's annual news conference in Stuttgart, Germany
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A Daimler sign name is pictured during the company's annual news conference in Stuttgart, Germany

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A law firm said on Saturday it had lodged the first investor complaint in Germany demanding compensation from car manufacturer Daimler over the “dieselgate” scandal.
 
The complaint, filed on Friday at the Stuttgart Regional Court by German law firm Tilp, accuses Daimler of “various market manipulations” since 2014 and having ignored “the huge risks associated with the installation of a banned device in its vehicles” to deceive controls on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, lawyer Andreas Tilp said in a statement.
 
The scandal emerged when the Volkswagen group admitted in 2015 to installing so-called “defeat devices” in some 11

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