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The Dieselgate emissions scandal
Auto giant Volkswagen is seeking more than a billion euros ($1.2 billion) in damages from ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn over the “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal, German media reported on Friday. The sum would be the highest ever claim for damages against
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KARLSRUHE, Germany — Volkswagen must fully compensate customers who took out loans to buy diesel cars that were discovered to be fitted with devices to cheat emissions tests, a German court has ruled. The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe
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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read April 13 (Reuters) – Germany’s highest civil court has ruled that Volkswagen must compensate customers who took out loans to buy vehicles involved in the carmaker’s dieselgate scandal. But what is dieselgate and what
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A few weeks after a comprehensive investigation resulted in the naming of its former CEO as a prime ‘Dieselgate’ suspect, an appeal made by Volkswagen to minimise an Australian fine over the saga has lost out. In December 2019, Australia’s
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A fine of $125 million against Volkswagen for ‘Dieselgate’ has been upheld by the Australian Federal Court. Volkswagen has lost a Federal Court appeal against a $125 million fine handed down in the wake of the ‘Dieselgate’ saga. Volkswagen and
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UPDATE, November 17: The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Volkswagen to avoid further legal action relating to Dieselgate damages. According to Automotive News, the Supreme Court justices threw out the appeals from Volkswagen and ECU supplier
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Volkswagen has failed in its appeal to have dismissed the record $125 million ‘Dieselgate’ fine handed down by Australia’s Federal Court in December 2019. The fine was issued by Justice Lindsay Foster, who described an earlier settlement of $75 million
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Volkswagen has failed in its appeal to have dismissed the record $125 million ‘Dieselgate’ fine handed down by Australia’s Federal Court in December 2019. The fine was issued by Justice Lindsay Foster, who described an earlier settlement of $75 million
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Australia’s federal court has dismissed an appeal from Volkswagen concerning a $125 million AUD ($95.2 million USD) fine that was imposed to it. The fine was set by the federal court for the automaker’s Dieselgate scandal, which ruled the company
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In a statement, Winterkorn’s lawyers rejected the Supervisory Board’s accusations, and Stadler’s lawyers made no comment. The allegations come following Volkswagen Group’s investigation led by the law firm Gleiss Lutz and following the examination of 1.6 million files and over
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