Conspiracy news & views from all angles, up-to-the-minute and uncensored
The logo of German automaker Volkswagen appears on flags fluttering in front of a car dealer in Hamm, Germany, in May. One of VW’s many legal settlements over the Dieselgate scandal has finally reached its conclusion, the FTC says. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ina …
Read More
VW paid car buyers more than $9.5 billion in ‘Dieselgate’ settlements Loading Something is loading. Loading… Account icon An icon in the shape of a person’s head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log in Subscribe Subscribe World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different …
Read More
Volkswagen has paid out more than $9.5 billion to customers in the aftermath of the “Dieselgate” scandal, according to a court summary published by the US Federal Trade Commission. In 2016, the FTC charged Volkswagen with intentionally deceiving consumers by rigging its diesel cars to beat …
Read More
Many people have questioned the role of consumers in the fight against climate change, with some arguing consumer choices are simply transient and won’t materialize into lasting changes. But the evidence suggests otherwise. The rise of veganism has had supermarkets reporting rocketing sales of …
Read More
A former Volkswagen executive sentenced to seven years for his role in the automaker’s emissions cheating scandal was cleared Thursday to leave federal prison in Michigan more than two years early and finish his jail time in his native Germany. A federal magistrate in Detroit signed paperwork …
Read More
Oliver Schmidt, a former Volkswagen executive will be extradited to Germany, a US court ruled on Thursday. He had already been sentenced to seven years in prison in the United States for his role in the carmaker’s emissions cheating scandal. The 51-year-old consented to his extradition to his home …
Read More
(Reuters) — EU consumers should be able to sue Volkswagen in their national courts if they have bought cars with emission cheat devices installed, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday. The verdict by the EU’s top court raises the possibility that the German carmaker could …
Read More
The state of Israel has filed a $152 million lawsuit against Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and local distributor Champion Motors for alleged fraud and negligence relating to the dieselgate scandal. The state filed the lawsuit with the Tel Aviv District Court claiming that between 2008 and 2016, VW, Audi, …
Read More
BERLIN, June 30 (Xinhua) — With more than 240,000 cases in Germany concluded, Volkswagen paid out more than 750 million euros (842 million U.S. dollars) to customers in settlements, the German carmaker announced on Tuesday. With the transfer of money, the settlement of the dieselgate scandal, which …
Read More
Alleged manipulation of diesel vehicles’ emission testing was back in UK news this week Dieselgate has reared its ugly ahead again, this time in the UK, getting on for five years after Volkswagen admitted cheating on US emissions testing, sparking a saga that has cost it billions in fines and other …
Read More