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Updated on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 – 11:00 Renault Group considers itself “innocent” and says it did not manipulate diesel engines to falsify their emissions. A 2019 Renault Clio on Portuguese roads Dieselgate VW pay 620 million to German customers
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Former bosses of German car giants Volkswagen and Audi will pay millions in compensation for their roles in the Dieselgate scandal. The payments come as part of a €288m (£248.5m) deal, with €270m of this sum coming from the directors’
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For now, it’s unclear if Australian-delivered Citroen diesel cars are subject to the same scrutiny as those sold in Europe. Citroen has been formally charged with emission cheating offences in France, parent company Stellantis revealed overnight. The indictment relates to
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Law360, London (June 10, 2021, 8:10 PM BST) — The European Union’s executive arm overstepped its authority and acted unlawfully when it set new diesel vehicle emission standards higher than those proposed by the bloc’s elected officials, an advocate for
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A French court has charged France-based carmaker Renault SA with deception over a diesel emissions probe that was launched in 2017 to investigate suspected emission test manipulations in some old Renault models, Reuters reported. French prosecutors, in a 2019 report,
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Carmaker Stellantis (STLA.MI) said on Thursday that its French Citroen unit had been charged with consumer fraud by French prosecutors in a far-reaching diesel emissions probe. Citroen would have to make a deposit of 8 million euros and provide a
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Former Chairman of the Board (CEO) Martin Winterkorn agreed to return €11.2 million (U.S. $13.6 million), while former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler will pay back €4.1 million (U.S. $5 million). Volkswagen had announced in March it would seek damages from
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Citroen became on Thursday the fourth automaker to reveal this week that it has been charged in France in connection with the widening “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal. The French automaker was charged by authorities over allegations of “deception” related to
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Volkswagen will receive around $350 million as part of a settlement with executives who ran the company during the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal, after claiming they breached their “duty of care.” Former CEO Martin Winterkorn has agreed to pay the
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Volkswagen said on Wednesday it had agreed to settle claims against four former executives, including long-time CEO Martin Winterkorn, that will see the carmaker receive 288 million euros ($351 million) in compensation related to its emissions scandal. The settlement came
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