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At the end of September, German prosecutors issued a fine of 870 million euros (about 6.793 billion yuan) to Daimler group. After paying the fine, Daimler group announced that the German prosecution's "emission gate" lawsuit was completely ended. But what Daimler group didn't expect was that recently, the "emission gate" actually rose again. Because some brand passenger cars were found to have "control emission" problems, Daimler group may face a new round of recalls. German transport regulators have found "suspicious software" in the small diesel engines Daimler group bought from Renault alliance, which are used in Mercedes Benz A-class and B-class cars, Reuters reported. As early as 2010, Daimler group reached an agreement with the Renault Nissan Alliance, which will provide some gasoline and diesel engines in its product line to Daimler group in exchange for the use of Daimler group's engines by its brands. For this incident, the Renault Nissan Alliance came out for the first time to "push the pot". A spokesman for the alliance said that there was no problem with the engine provided to Daimler group, and that the management software for the wholesale motivation was designed by Mercedes Benz engineers. Daimler declined to comment on the incident, but said it did not rule out another recall. The Daimler group has suffered a lot because of the "emissions gate" scandal. According to the company's financial report, in the second quarter of 2019 alone, the cost for Daimler to deal with the "emission gate" event reached 2.67 billion euros (about 20.69 billion yuan). Since 2017, the total number of vehicles involved in the "emission gate" of the enterprise has been nearly 4 million.