Daimer, BMW offer concessions to address EU antitrust concerns on car-sharing deal

German luxury carmakers Daimler and BMW have offered concessions to address EU antitrust concerns about their plan to combine their car-sharing businesses, the European Commission said on 16 October. The companies made the offer on 15 October, a filing on the EU competition enforcer’s website showed, without providing details. [caption id=“attachment_4814901” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] A European Union flags flutters outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. Image: Reuters[/caption] The Commission is expected to seek feedback from customers and rivals before deciding by 7 November whether to accept the concessions, demand more or open a full-scale investigation. Daimler and BMW want to combine their car-sharing units Car2Go and DriveNow to better compete with US rival Uber and China’s Didi Chuxing.