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VW engineers admitted rigging CO2 emissions
November 9th, 2015
Engineers overinflated tyres, tampered with motor oil-Bild Company seeking to encourage staff to talk-source Non-executive board to meet on Monday to take stock of fallout (Adds details on amnesty, board meeting on Monday) Several Volkswagen engineers have admitted manipulating ...
VW Emissions Issues Spread to Gasoline Cars
November 4th, 2015
Company adds about 2 billion euros to possible economic risk Tally of 800,000 added to estimated 11 million cars worldwide Volkswagen AG said it found faulty emissions readings for the first time in gasoline-powered vehicles, widening a scandal that so ...
VW emissions scandal: Porsche and luxury Audi and VW models have cheat device says US EPA
November 3rd, 2015
Volkswagen has found itself embroiled in a widening emissions scandal after the US Environmental Protection Agency accused the company of using illegal software in certain six-cylinder diesel engines that drags Porsche and luxury Audi and VW models into the ...
Lawyers demand VW buy back half a million vehicles affected by the recent emissions scandal
October 15th, 2015
Lawyers with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan have escalated their legal battle against Volkswagen A.G., demanding the company buy back half a million vehicles affected by the recent emissions scandal They claim VW hasn’t ...
VW recalls diesel vehicles in China to correct emissions
October 12th, 2015
Volkswagen is recalling 1,950 diesel vehicles in China to correct engine software that the automaker has admitted cheats on emissions tests. The recall applies to 1,946 Tiguan sport utility vehicles and four Passat B6 sedans, all of them imported, ...
Volkswagen tells German parliament 8M cars have been fitted with emissions cheat device in EU alone
October 6th, 2015
Volkswagen has admitted that eight million cars in the European Union alone have been fitted with software to cheat emissions tests. The carmaker sent a letter to German parliament members on 2 October, co-signed by VW’s current chief lobbyist, and former government spokesperson, ...
VW Emissions Probe Zeroes In on Two Engineers
October 5th, 2015
Volkswagen investigation focuses on two men elevated after Winterkorn was made CEO Two top Volkswagen engineers who found they couldn’t deliver as promised a clean diesel engine for the U.S. market are at the center of a company probe into the ...
UPDATE: Audi and Skoda say 3.3m cars have ‘cheat’ emissions software
September 28th, 2015
Audi and Skoda say they have a total of 3.3 million cars fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emissions tests. Some 2.1 million Audis affected worldwide include 1.42 million in western Europe, with 577,000 ...
Volkswagen CEO Promises Action on Emissions Scandal in Letter
September 28th, 2015
Matthias Müller wasted no time asserting his authority after Volkswagen AG tapped the chief of its Porsche sports car unit last week to take the helm of the entire group. He has promised investors and customers a thorough investigation into the emissions cheating ...
VW scandal: what the emissions revelations mean
September 23rd, 2015
The carmaker’s rigging of emissions data in the US could have serious repercussions around the world – and not just for Volkswagen What has Volkswagen done? The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday that Volkswagen had installed illegal ...
