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The consequences of the “Dieselgate” scandal cost Daimler up to €1.5 billion ($1.66 billion) last year, the German carmaker announced on Wednesday. The Stuttgart-based maker of Mercedes-Benz said in a statement that it expects its earnings before interest and taxes
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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A car with the Volkswagen VW logo badge is seen on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WARSAW (Reuters) –
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German prosecutors have charged six Volkswagen managers with fraud, accusing them of “deliberately misleading” authorities and customers in the run-up to the diesel emissions scandal in 2015, by failing to disclose the existence of cheat devices. The 876-page indictment, which
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Auto giant Volkswagen said on Thursday that it was in initial talks to offer a settlement in a mass lawsuit brought against the companyby German diesel car owners. About 400,000 customers have joined the suit over the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal
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Volkswagen is in discussions over an out-of-court settlement with more than 400,000 German owners of vehicles that were affected by the carmaker’s “Dieselgate” emissions-rigging scandal. Germany’s VZBV – an umbrella group of consumer rights organisations – said it had entered
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Image copyright Getty Images Volkswagen has said it is in talks with a group of German drivers who are suing the car giant over excessive emissions from its diesel cars. The motorists say they were affected when VW “cheated” emissions
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Prosecutors in Germany raided VW headquarters, reportedly looking for information on the EA288 engine. In simulations, the engine was found not to indicate properly when its diesel filter fails. The engine is successor to the EA189 engine that was involved
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VW officials allegedly cooperated with the investigation, which took place on Tuesday in Wolfsburg. Volkswagen Five years after the hugely damaging Dieselgate scandal, Volkswagen AG is again under scrutiny from authorities who reportedly raided the automaker’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany
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Image copyright Getty Images Volkswagen “cheated” European emissions rules designed “to save lives” by installing unlawful “defeat devices” in diesel cars, the High Court has heard. Tens of thousands of UK motorists who bought VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda diesel
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A landmark legal action against Volkswagen has begun, with hundreds of thousands of German consumers seeking compensation from the carmaker over emissions test cheating. Volkswagen has already paid out more than €30bn (£26.7bn) around the world in fines, compensation and
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