(Reuters) – Nebraska Legal professional Basic Michael Hilgers on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit towards among the largest heavy-duty truck producers accusing them of limiting the supply of diesel-powered semi-trucks in a shift to electrical vehicles.
The lawsuit says the truck makers are engaged in “an industry-wide conspiracy to fully part out medium and heavy-duty ICE automobiles” to adjust to California’s rules that intention to basically eradicate semi-trucks with inside combustion engines. The legal professional common filed go well with in state courtroom towards Daimler (OTC:), Navistar (NYSE:) — a unit of Volkswagen (ETR:)’s Traton, Paccar (NASDAQ:), Volvo (OTC:) Group North America, and the Truck and Engine Producers Affiliation.