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German automakers might face EU fines after allegations but no global legal threat, analyst says
July 26th, 2017
“I still don’t see a major global legal threat here,” Arndt Ellinghorst, head of global automotive research at Evercore ISI, told CNBC on Tuesday. EU antitrust officials confirmed Saturday they had started investigating allegations of a cartel among a ...
Global energy investment fell the second consecutive year
July 14th, 2017
Global energy investment fell for a second year in 2016 as oil and gas spending continues to drop Global energy investment fell by 12% in 2016, the second consecutive year of decline, as increased spending on energy efficiency and ...
Former Audi manager charged. The reason?
July 7th, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it has charged a former Audi manager with directing employees at the company, a division of Volkswagen AG, to design software to cheat U.S. emissions tests in thousands of Audi diesel cars. ...
Volkswagen faces biggest legal action; A Pan-European lawsuit seeks billions refunds
June 14th, 2017
Around 220,000 car drivers in the Netherlands, England and Wales joined forces on Tuesday in what could become a pan-European lawsuit against German carmaker Volkswagen seeking compensation over its “dieselgate” emissions scandal. UK law firm Harcus Sinclair and Dutch Foundation ...
European Union to launch legal case against Italy over Fiat
May 18th, 2017
The European Union will launch legal action against Italy on Wednesday (17 May) for failing to police allegations of emissions-test cheating by Fiat Chrysler properly following the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal, EU sources said. EU officials have become increasingly frustrated ...
Prosecutor’s search of Volkswagen Group’s law firm was legal, court rules
May 16th, 2017
Searching the offices of Volkswagen Group’s law firm was not illegal, a German regional court said on Monday. VW said it would lodge an appeal with Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court. In March, Munich prosecutors searched the offices of Jones ...
Weak Sterling boosts UK car production to 17-year high
April 29th, 2017
Car manufacturing in the United Kingdom hit a 17-year high in the first three months of 2017, as exports bolstered demand. Sterling has dropped sharply since June 2016’s vote to leave the EU, making British cars cheaper for overseas ...
Volkswagen to pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty
April 25th, 2017
Volkswagen has been ordered to pay a $2.8-billion criminal penalty in the United States for cheating on diesel emissions tests. Federal Judge Sean Cox in Detroit followed the deal negotiated by VW and the US Justice Department. The sentence ...
European countries introduced tax breaks for cycling to work
April 19th, 2017
During the last months, four European countries have introduced tax breaks for cycling to work or extended existing ones: France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy. This shows that the idea of rewarding sustainable commuting behaviour through fiscal incentives is gaining ...
More than 64,000 drivers are now intending to sue Volkswagen on dieselgate
March 22nd, 2017
Lawyers are aiming to win back thousands of pounds in compensation for buyers VW fitted cheating software in 11million cars sold worldwide, which meant they produced fewer toxic gases in tests, but were actually much more polluting VW ...
