The European Union have said that they will take legal action against Daimler as they have refused to remove the refrigerant R134a from new cars that they make.

The European Commission is bringing into place these proceedings of which Daimler has two months to respond. They are a German car manufacturer and they have failed to comply with the Mobile Air Conditioning Directive.

Antonio Tajani is the Trade Commissioner and he has said that he will be writing to three countries include the UK looking for answers as to why they registered vehicles made by Daimler when they clearly weren’t following the directive. Continue reading →