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Interested in this kind of news? Receive them directly in your inbox. Delivered once a week. The fact is that VW simply cannot fix its 2.0 litre diesel engines – currently fitted with outdated lean NOx trap (LNT) technology – to meet the EPA’s stringent air pollution regulations without a complete …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of British drivers on Monday accused Volkswagen of fitting devices to cheat clean air laws at the start of the country’s biggest class action lawsuit brought to tackle “dieselgate”.VW was caught using illegal software to cheat pollution tests in 2015, triggering …
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Volswagen has fixed only about two-thirds of the 1.2 million vehicles in the UK affected by the dieselgate scandal, according to the chair of a Commons committee.Mary Creagh MP, who heads the Environmental Audit Committee, said Department for Transport (DfT) figures covering up to September 2017 …
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Credit: Shutterstock/nitpicker In the latest counsel watch, the two firms that represented Continental in a €100 million ($107 million) settlement over its part in the diesel emissions scandal with local prosecutors. To read more Subscribe to Global Investigations Review Subscribe to unlock …
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FRANKFURT: German auto supplier Continental said on Thursday it had agreed to pay a 100-million-euro ($107-million) fine to settle legal proceedings against it linked to Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating scandal.The fine was due to a “negligent breach of supervisory duties” in relation to the supply …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Automotive supplier Continental has been fined 100 million euros ($107.16 million) for breaching its supervisory duties in connection with the Dieselgate emissions scandal, German prosecutors said on Thursday.The state prosecutor in Hanover, where Continental is headquartered, …
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German luxury carmaker Daimler was fined €870m (£766m, $957m) by a Stuttgart court on Tuesday in connection with the diesel-emissions scandal.The court ruled that Daimler had neglected to carry out its supervisory duties from 2008 onwards, which led to about 680,000 rigged diesel cars being …
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Volkswagen will pay 193 million pounds ($242 million) as part of an out-of-court settlement to around 91,000 British drivers over a diesel emissions scandal that engulfed Europe’s largest carmaker in 2015, reported Reuters. Volkswagen on Wednesday again apologized to customers in England and Wales …
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Mercedes-Benz plans to appeal after a German court ruled against it in a class action case over alleged use of diesel emissions defeat devices in its cars.In the latest episode of ongoing ‘dieselgate’ claims against certain vehicle manufacturers, the Stuttgart court found that some of Mercedes’ …
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High Court Denies ‘Dieselgate’ Defendants’ Request to Order Disclosure of Claimants’ Funding Agreement As the UK litigation finance industry continues to stay in the public spotlight, discussions continue around what any future regulation might entail and whether it would increase requirements …
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