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(Reuters) — Volkswagen AG said on Thursday it would appeal a decision by an Italian court ordering the German group to refund consumers participating in a class-action lawsuit over the carmaker’s rigging of diesel emissions tests. Italian consumer group Altroconsumo said a court ordered Volkswagen …
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A French court has charged France-based carmaker Renault SA with deception over a diesel emissions probe that was launched in 2017 to investigate suspected emission test manipulations in some old Renault models, Reuters reported. French prosecutors, in a 2019 report, said that they found some …
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(Reuters) — Volkswagen AG on Sunday said it had reached the broad outlines of a settlement with former boss Martin Winterkorn over his role in the dieselgate scandal, with the final details to be thrashed out over coming days. Via the settlement, Volkswagen is trying to turn the page on its biggest …
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Germany-based Volkswagen AG’s former Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn has agreed to pay around €10 million (($12 million) in damages to the carmaker over the diesel emissions scandal, Reuters reported citing Business Insider. In March, Volkswagen said that it will seek damages from ex-CEO Mr. …
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German prosecutors have charged 15 Volkswagen AG executives and a supplier in the diesel emission scandal, Automotive News reported citing Reuters. The suspects are accused of aiding and abetting fraud in addition to tax evasion, criminal advertising, and indirect false certification related to the …
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German carmaker Volkswagen AG will seek damages for the diesel emissions scandal from ex-Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn and former Audi boss Rupert Stadler, claiming that they breached their duty of care under the stock corporation law, Carandbike reported citing Reuters. Volkswagen has spent …
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(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 …
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