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BRAUNSCHWEIG (Reuters) – A former Volkswagen manager, who is on trial over the carmaker’s emissions-cheating scandal, blamed company culture on Thursday for his and others’ silence on the matter, but said he would have acted differently had he known the consequences. Hanno Jelden, who prosecutors …
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The VW logo is seen at the site of the first hearing of a consumer group’s class action suit on behalf of Volkswagen owners against VW over the diesel emissions cheating scandal, at the Higher Regional Court in Braunschweig, Germany, September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photo BRUSSELS, …
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Guy Robson, partner at Keller Lenkner UK, discusses Dieselgate and how the past continues to haunt the car industry. In July this year, the European Commission fined the Volkswagen Group (which includes Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi) and BMW €875 million for breaching EU competition law by colluding …
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Former VW boss Martin Winterkorn was told about the emissions defeat devices fitted to the company’s cars going before the scandal came to light, but failed to intervene, a German court has been told. In the first related trial to take place since the Dieselgate scandal broke in 2015, four ex-VW …
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Business Four former Volkswagen managers are on trial for organized commercial fraud relating to the company’s emmission scandal. Ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn’s trial has been split from the proceedings for health reasons. Watch video 01:32
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BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Four former employees of carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) went on trial on Thursday over the Dieselgate scandal in which illegal software was used to cheat emission tests. The trial, being held in the city of Braunschweig, close to Volkswagen’s headquarters …
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Sustainable Business Posted Four former executives of carmaker Volkswagen went on trial on Thursday over the company’s emissions cheating scandal, but former CEO Martin Winterkorn wasn’t among them, with his trial due to take place at a later date. Julian Satterthwaite reports.
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Who knew what when? For six years this question has been at the center of the legal processing of “Dieselgate”. The criminal trial of the manipulation affair at Volkswagen begins on Thursday. Because of the Corona situation, the fraud procedure had to be postponed several times, now it starts in …
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Seldom before has an economic scandal in Germany caused such great financial damage as the emissions crisis. After years of preparation and multiple postponements, the criminal case against several senior ex-managers at Volkswagen is set to begin on Thursday, September 16, 2021. The allegations …
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Volkswagen drivers could get thousands of pounds each if they win a fresh legal challenge over allegations their cars had dodgy emissions-cheating software. The German carmaker has sold over 1million of these vehicles, which lawyers claim deliberately cheated engine pollution tests. Volkswagen was …
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