LONDON—Mercedes-Benz faces more than 300,000 claims at London’s High Court from the owners of diesel vehicles that were allegedly equipped with “defeat devices” to cheat emissions tests.
The German carmaker is said to have misled customers about certain diesel vehicles’ compliance with nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions standards.
Mercedes-Benz denies that any defeat devices, which can change vehicles’ emissions levels, were installed in its vehicles.
A spokesperson for the company said in a statement: “We believe that the claims are without merit and will vigorously defend ourselves against them.”
The mass lawsuit follows the “dieselgate” scandal that engulfed Volkswagen after it admitted to cheating U.S. diesel engine tests, which has cost the carmaker more than 32 billion euros ($34 billion) in vehicle refits, fines and legal costs so far….