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Toyota under fire over support for diesel bans in Europe

Japanese automaker accused of exploiting NGO to gain advantage over German rivals

Hybrids now account for more than 50% of Toyota's portfolio in Europe.   © Reuters

HAMBURG, Germany -- Toyota Motor is under fire in Germany for its decades long support of an environmental action group, which politicians have claimed is damaging the German car industry.

The Japanese carmaker has for some 20 years contributed to Environmental Action Germany, which has won a number of legal cases in German cities to ban diesel vehicles from central districts to enforce pollution limits.

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