(Reuters) – Nebraska Attorney General Michael Hilgers on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against some of the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturers accusing them of limiting the availability of diesel-powered semi-trucks in a shift to electric trucks.
The lawsuit says the truck makers are engaged in “an industry-wide conspiracy to completely phase out medium and heavy-duty ICE vehicles” to comply with California’s regulations that aim to essentially eliminate semi-trucks with internal combustion engines. The attorney general filed suit in state court against Daimler, Navistar — a unit of Volkswagen’s Traton, Paccar, Volvo Group North America, and the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association.
(Reporting by David Shepardson)
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