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The Dieselgate emissions scandal
Federal investigators estimate hundreds of thousands of Americans have illegally rigged their diesel pickups to collectively emit 16 times the level of pollution they otherwise would have over the last 10 years, according to a report by the Environmental Protection
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The European Union’s highest court has broadened the definition of illegal emissions-cheating technology on Thursday, laying the groundwork for future lawsuits against Volkswagen Group. Defeat devices were previously only considered illegal if they manipulated emissions tests after the emissions were
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was merely protecting car engines. The
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The European Court of Justice has ruled the software used by Volkswagen to control emissions testing ‘defeat devices’ is illegal under European law. In a decision predicted to have wide-ranging ramifications for the ongoing class action lawsuits brought against Volkswagen, as
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German car maker Volkswagen (VW) deliberately cheated EU emissions tests by installing “defeat devices”, the EU’s top court has ruled, rejecting the firm’s claim the technology was meant to protect engines. “A defeat device which systematically improves, during approval procedures,
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The EU court has ruled ‘upstream’ devices used to defeat emissions testing equipment should be considered illegal. The European Union’s highest court has broadened the definition of illegal emissions-cheating technology on Thursday, laying the groundwork for future lawsuits against Volkswagen
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Brussels, December 17 The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was merely protecting car engines. The
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was merely protecting car engines. The
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The Volkswagen Group today lost its fight to have its Dieselgate emissions “defeat” device declared … [+] legal in Europe, with the EU’s highest court boosting lawsuits across the bloc by declaring it illegal. Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via
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In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States uncovered a software modification implemented by Volkswagen that was capable of distorting the results of emissions tests of diesel engines. Drawing on a new study, Katharina van Elten and Britta
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