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Volkswagen Reportedly To Announce $15 Billion Settlement After Emissions Scandal
June 28th, 2016
Sources told Reuters and the Associated Press that the automaker would buy back or offer cash to owners of the emissions-cheating diesel models. Volkswagen will announce a settlement Tuesday with almost 500,000 owners of its diesel models built with ...
Fiat Chrysler suspected of emissions fraud
May 23rd, 2016
German regulators suspect that Italian-American auto maker Fiat Chrysler, like Volkswagen, used illegal software to cheat on emissions tests, a newspaper report said yesterday. The German Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) had sent a report voicing the suspicion to ...
Lawyer Takes Aim at Volkswagen in Europe Over Emissions Scandal
April 26th, 2016
Volkswagen AG is a step closer to resolving its emissions-related legal woes in the U.S., but in Europe its troubles may be just beginning. Volkswagen last week said it was taking a €16.9 billion ($18.85 billion) charge against 2015 earnings, pushing the ...
Now this car maker has admitted faking emissions test results
April 20th, 2016
Japanese car manufacturer Mitsubishi has admitted its employees falsified fuel economy tests data. The company confirmed that fuel efficiency tests broke Japanese rules in at least 600,000 of its vehicles, of which 157,000 part of its own-brand light vehicles and 468,000 ...
S.Korean antitrust agency probes Volkswagen over emissions ads
January 22nd, 2016
South Korea’s antitrust regulator is probing Volkswagen AG over its advertising claims on emissions from its cars, an official at the agency told Reuters on Friday. The Fair Trade Commission official said a probe is under way without elaborating. ...
Renault recalls more than 15,000 diesel cars after emissions tests
January 20th, 2016
French carmaker acts after admission that emissions filtering system did not work in all temperatures, but denies wrongdoing Renault has recalled more than 15,000 diesel cars after an admission that its emissions filtering system does not work in all temperatures. ...
Volkswagen faces shareholder claims over emissions scandal
January 19th, 2016
Dozens of large shareholders in Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) plan to sue the carmaker in a German court, seeking compensation for the plunge in its shares due to its emissions test cheating scandal. Law firm Nieding + Barth said on Monday ...
Emissions-Testing Probe Prompts Raid of Renault Facilities
January 15th, 2016
Antifraud officials search several French car maker’s headquarters, engineering center France’s antifraud authority has launched an emissions investigation into Renault SA and other car makers, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, deepening scrutiny of Europe’s car industry after Volkswagen AG was caught cheating on ...
European Parliament set to hold inquiry into VW emissions scandal
December 17th, 2015
The European Parliament plans to set up a committee to investigate Volkswagen‘s (VOWG_p.DE) emissions scandal and whether regulatory oversight of the car industry was too lax. Members of the European Parliament will vote on the issue around midday on ...
South Korea Fines Volkswagen and Orders Recall Over Emissions Scandal
November 26th, 2015
South Korea on Thursday ordered Volkswagen to recall more than 125,000 cars here, saying a government investigation had found that the German carmaker had illegally manipulated an emissions device in cars with older diesel engines. The Environment Ministry began ...
