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Almost exactly five years after the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal, new EU rules go into effect Tuesday giving Brussels the weapons that are supposed to make it much more difficult for carmakers to cheat on vehicle emissions results. “Europeans rightly expect to drive the cleanest and safest …
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Background In the aftermath of the Volkswagen (VW) emissions scandal, the Foundation for Consumer Protection (SKS), a foundation under Swiss private law, has filed multiple lawsuits with the Zurich Commercial Court against VW and its general importer for Switzerland. In a first suit, SKS sought a …
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Fossil Fuels Published on August 14th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider August 14th, 2020 by Johnna Crider Daimler should have focused more on electric vehicles than cheating diesel emissions tests. Photo by Kyle Field/CleanTechnica. Daimler made a huge announcement yesterday that it will settle its diesel …
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Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is paying over $2 billion to make its own diesel emissions cheating scandal go away in the United States. The company announced on Thursday that it has reached a $1.5 billion settlement with US authorities, including the Environmental Protection Agency, …
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German prosecutors announced Thursday they have filed fraud charges against three former board members at Audi as well as a retired manager over the “dieselgate” scandal. “The four defendants are accused of fraud, indirect false certification and criminal advertising,” Munich prosecutors said in a …
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Image copyright Getty Images German prosecutors have filed fraud charges against three former board members and a retired senior employee at carmaker Audi. It is the latest legal development in the “dieselgate” scandal, in which companies and executives were alleged to have broken emissions rules. …
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Germans prosecutors pressed on Thursday fraud charges against three former board members and a retired senior employee of the automobile manufacturer Audi for being involved in the manipulation of engines to make them appear spewing less harmful pollutants. The software could recognize if it was a …
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In a decision handed down on Thursday, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice found that owners of Volkswagen vehicles fitted with emissions-cheating software cannot claim damages if they purchased their car after 2015. In September of that year, the German carmaker was found to have manipulated …
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In a decision handed down on Thursday, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice found that owners of Volkswagen vehicles fitted with emissions-cheating software cannot claim damages if they purchased their car after 2015. In September of that year, the German carmaker was found to have manipulated …
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It feels like we’ve been writing about Volkswagen’s emissions scandal, better known as ‘Dieselgate,’ for years. That’s because we have — almost half a decade, in fact. To round off the whole saga, the US’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a “final report” that notes just how much the …
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