German carmakers have reportedly met in secret for years—and may have colluded on emissions controls

German magazine Der Spiegel reports that the country’s powerful automakers have been meeting in secret since the 1990s—and their joint decisions on dealing with diesel emissions may have laid the groundwork for Volkswagen’s massive emissions-cheating scandal. According to Der Spiegel (link in German), VW admitted to German authorities that it may have engaged in “anti-competitive…