Mercedes-Benz Under Fire for Alleged Competition Violation

Mercedes-Benz Under Fire for Alleged Competition Violation  阅读原文»

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading is probing Mercedes-Benz as well as five dealers in England, Wales, and Scotland that sell the Daimler marque’s trucks for alleged violations of competition law, occuring between 2007 and 2010. The allegations involve the sharing of sensitive commercial information as well as pricing coordination between and among the dealerships.

"We have reason to believe that these dealers cooperated to limit competition in their areas," said OFT senior director Ali Nikpay. The officer added that those involved will get "full opportunity to respond to our statement before we decide whether competition law has in fact been infringed."

Here’s more from the OFT statement: "The precise content of the arrangements differs among the five alleged infringements, but all contain, to varying degrees, at least some element of market sharing, price co-ordination and/or exchange of commercially sensitive information… The evidence also suggests that, in respect of two of the alleged infringements, Mercedes-Benz helped to facilitate or consolidate the arrangements amongst the dealers."

The only comments from Mercedes-Benz UK is that it will cooperate with the authorities but cannot comment any more regarding the allegations and the investigation.

Tesla Working on All-Electric B-Class?  阅读原文»

Last May, there were reports coming out that German automaker Mercedes-Benz had contacted premium electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors about possibly working on an all-electric Mercedes-Benz vehicle. Initial reports said it was an A-Class, but now it turns out that the vehicle in question is actually a B-Class.

According to new reports, the all-electric B-Class should make its world debut sometime in 2014. The first idea was to use range extenders, but ultimately the engineers went with an all-electric drivetrain, of which Tesla should be in charge.

There’s barely any specific information right now, but don’t worry because we’ll make sure that you’ll be updated once new details surface. Could this be the realization of the B-Class E-CELL Plus concept that made its way to the Frankfurt Motor Show last year? One thing’s for sure, though―this Mercedes-Benz and Tesla collaboration is bound to be awesome.

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