Emission Scandal Puts VW Test Site in California Under Scrutiny
When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the California coast, a top executive from the German automaker helped snip the blue ribbon and joined a tour of a lab so advanced that...
View ArticleWest Virginia Files Suit Against Volkswagen Over Clean Diesel Claims
West Virginia may be the first U.S. state to sue Volkswagen AG for deceiving car buyers after the Environmental Protection Agency said last month that the company had installed software to hide that...
View ArticleVolkswagen Wants 350 Diesel Fraud Claims Consolidated
Volkswagen AG is maneuvering to steer hundreds of class-action lawsuits over its emissions-cheating software to the court nearest its current U.S. headquarters or to Detroit, its former location. The...
View ArticleCalifornia Judge Breyer Expected to Combine, Expedite VW Diesel Claims
A San Francisco judge who is the brother of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will oversee more than 500 consumer lawsuits against Volkswagen AG over claims of economic losses connected to rigged...
View ArticleU.S. Sues Volkswagen, Seeks Up to $80 Billion in Penalties
The U.S. Justice Department sued Volkswagen AG for installing illegal devices meant to defeat emissions testing, and laid out claims that could push penalties into the tens of billions of dollars — an...
View ArticleFormer VW CEO Was Alerted to Problems with US Diesel Emissions Tests in 2014
Volkswagen’s former chief executive officer was alerted to problems with U.S. diesel emissions tests in 2014, but the issue “did not initially receive particular attention at the management levels,”...
View ArticleAllianz Plans to Sue VW over Share Drop Caused by Emissions Scandal: Source
German insurer Allianz plans to sue Volkswagen over the sharp drop in its shares as a result of the carmaker’s diesel emissions scandal, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters. If...
View Article278 Volkswagen Institutional Investors File €3.3 Billion Suit in Germany
Almost 300 institutional investors in Volkswagen have filed a multi-billion euro suit against the carmaker for what they see as breaches of its capital markets duty in the emissions scandal, the law...
View ArticleKentucky Sues Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Cheating
Kentucky sued Volkswagen AG and its luxury units on Tuesday claiming the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scheme violated the state’s Consumer Protection Act. “Volkswagen must be held...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Question Volkswagen Penalties for Diesel Pollution
Two senior U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday asked environmental regulators to answer questions about Volkswagen AG’s diesel emissions settlements, including disclosing how the government calculated...
View ArticleVW Claims Costs in U.S. for Emissions Scam Top $17 Billion with More to Come
Volkswagen AG has agreed to a $1 billion settlement to fix or buy back another 80,000 polluting diesel vehicles sold in the United States as the German automaker on Tuesday took new steps to put its...
View ArticleKorean VW Executive Sentenced to Jail for Role in Emissions Scandal
A South Korean court on Friday sentenced an executive of Volkswagen’s local unit to one year and six months in prison for fabricating documents on emissions and noise-level tests to achieve...
View ArticleUK Legal Action Launched Against Volkswagen over Emissions Scandal
A British law firm has launched legal action against Volkswagen, seeking thousands of pounds of compensation each for UK drivers affected by the carmaker’s emissions scandal. The German company is...
View ArticleU.S. Judge Set to Approve Another VW Diesel Settlement of $1.2 Billion
A U.S. judge said he intends to give final approval to Volkswagen AG’s $1.225 billion settlement with regulators and about 78,000 drivers of premium Audis, VWs and Porsches over the company’s diesel...
View ArticleDaimler Recalls More Than 3 Million Mercedes-Benz Diesel Vehicles
Daimler AG moved to head off a growing crisis over emissions concerns by voluntarily recalling more than 3 million Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles in Europe, marking the latest blow to the technology...
View ArticleHow VW Emissions Scandal Hurt Other German Car Makers’ Reputations and Profits
The fallout from Volkswagen’s 2015 emissions scandal cost other German car makers billions of dollars in sales, according to new research from Notre Dame University. In 2015, Volkswagen was exposed for...
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