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The Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal captured global headlines and was profoundly disruptive to the company, resulting in substantial penalties and a three-year monitorship under former Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson that ended in September. So, how has Volkswagen changed, and what was it …
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Oliver Schmidt, a former Volkswagen Group executive arrested in 2017 in relation to the dieselgate scandal, has been released from prison having served roughly half of his sentence. A ruling issued by a court in the German city of Lueneburg allowed Schmidt to be released on parole. The 52-year-old …
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A million motorists could each win thousands of pounds in compensation from Vauxhall after it was accused of cheating emissions tests. The car maker is alleged to have sold about 600,000 diesel cars fitted with so-called defeat devices, designed to fool regulators. Popular family models bought …
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The son of a Dieselgate boss is working hard to restore his family name through a new type of electric vehicle battery. The son of a disgraced former Volkswagen boss has emerged as one of the key players in developing a new ‘miracle’ battery which could transform the landscape of the automotive …
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Former Audi Chief Executive Officer Rupert Stadler, on trial over charges related to Volkswagen AG’s diesel scandal, blamed engineers for his failure to uncover widespread cheating on emissions tests. Stadler, testifying for the first time, told a Munich court that engineers gave the management …
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It seems like yesterday that news broke of the Volkswagen Group cheating its diesel emissions in both Europe and North America. However, it was actually almost six years ago, which is sort of making me feel old. Despite the six year gap in time, Dieselgate (as it’s known) doesn’t seem to want to go …
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Federal investigators estimate hundreds of thousands of Americans have illegally rigged their diesel pickups to collectively emit 16 times the level of pollution they otherwise would have over the last 10 years, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency. Clean air advocates say …
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The European Union’s highest court has broadened the definition of illegal emissions-cheating technology on Thursday, laying the groundwork for future lawsuits against Volkswagen Group. Defeat devices were previously only considered illegal if they manipulated emissions tests after the emissions …
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was merely protecting car engines. The scandal known as “Dieselgate” erupted five years ago when the …
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The European Court of Justice has ruled the software used by Volkswagen to control emissions testing ‘defeat devices’ is illegal under European law. In a decision predicted to have wide-ranging ramifications for the ongoing class action lawsuits brought against Volkswagen, as well as other European …
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