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‘Disgusted’ motorists from Nottinghamshire have vowed to sue Mercedes over allegations some of the luxury German brand’s vehicles were installed with ‘defeat devices’ in the so-called ‘dieselgate’ scandal. They are demanding answers and working with consumer rights law specialists to
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BRUSSELS — A top European Union legal adviser said Thursday that software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their exhaust pipes in hot or cold weather and at high altitude doesn’t conform to
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A former Volkswagen manager, who is on trial over the car maker’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
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The European Union’s top court has all but confirmed that so-called defeat devices, used to trick emissions tests in cars, are contrary to EU law. The development comes in a legal opinion in a case against Volkswagen and Porsche on
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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 *** This article has been archived
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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
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