Latest Volkswagen Headlines
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German Court Dismisses Greenpeace-Led Climate Case Against VW; Plaintiffs to Appeal
Feb 15 2023 // A regional court in Germany has dismissed a case led by Greenpeace against Volkswagen calling on the carmaker to tighten its carbon emissions targets, the company and the climate group said in separate statements on...
California Settles with Firm in Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Nov 9 2022 // California settled a lawsuit against a German company stemming from the emissions scandal that tarred Volkswagen in 2015 and Fiat Chrysler two years later. German auto supplier Bosch will pay $25 million to settle...
Volkswagen Sued for Not Disclosing Alleged Private Climate Lobbying Activities
Oct 21 2022 // Volkswagen AG was sued by institutional investors in Germany concerned that despite making public commitments to fighting climate change, the carmaker may be privately lobbying against its environmental ambitions. A group...
VW Sees EU Top Court Ruling Against Its Emissions Software as Confirmation
Jul 14 2022 // Volkswagen’s software that altered car emissions constituted an illegal defeat device in certain driving conditions, the EU’s top court ruled on Thursday, while the automaker said the ruling confirmed its...
VW Faces Scrutiny Over China Human Rights Violations With Insurance Implications
Jun 20 2022 // Volkswagen AG faces mounting pressure to address allegations of human rights violations in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, where the German carmaker operates a car factory. While there’s no evidence that anyone has...
Volkswagen to Settle UK ‘Dieselgate’ Class Action for $242 Million
May 26 2022 // Volkswagen settled its UK class action lawsuit for £193 million ($242 million) with more than 90,000 drivers impacted by the emissions scandal. No admissions of liability have been made by Volkswagen and the terms and...
Volkswagen Targeted in Court Case That Seeks to Eliminate Polluting Cars by 2030
May 23 2022 // First it was oil giant Shell Plc, now it’s the turn of Europe’s biggest carmaker. In the wake of a landmark Dutch ruling a year ago which ordered Shell to cut its emissions by 45% by 2030, a German organic...
VW Fears Most of Its Cars on Cargo Ship ‘Felicity Ace’ Are Beyond Salvage
Feb 26 2022 // Volkswagen AG has lost hope that many of its roughly 4,000 vehicles aboard a cargo ship that caught fire last week in the Atlantic can be saved. The automaker’s brands and dealers have started notifying customers...
Porsches and Lamborghinis Lost at Sea in Cargo-Ship Fire Could Cost $155 Million
Feb 22 2022 // The cargo ship that caught fire last week carrying about 4,000 Volkswagen AG vehicles could cost the automaker at least $155 million, according to one consultant’s estimate. Of the roughly $438 million total value of...
Update: Ship Carrying Porsches, Audis and Bentleys Catches Fire Near Azores
Feb 19 2022 // The Felicity Ace, a massive cargo ship carrying thousands of Volkswagen Group vehicles, caught fire near the Azores islands in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday afternoon. The Panama-flagged ship’s 22 crewmembers were...
Ohio, Volkswagen Settle Emissions Case For $3.5 Million
Jan 26 2022 // Ohio has settled an environmental lawsuit with Volkswagen over the company’s 2015 emissions scandal for $3.5 million, state Attorney General Dave Yost announced. As that scandal unfolded, the automaker was found to...
VW Pays $3.5M to Settle Diesel Emissions Claims with Ohio
Jan 24 2022 // Volkswagen AG agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with Ohio over claims the German automaker violated state laws by manipulating vehicle computer software in its vehicles to mask carbon dioxide emissions, the state...
Volkswagen to Pay $3.5 Million to Settle Illinois Diesel Cheating Claim
Dec 10 2021 // Volkswagen AG’s U.S. unit will pay $3.5 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Illinois against the German automaker for updates of emissions software arising from the 2015 diesel cheating scandal. Last month,...
Supreme Court Rejects VW Bid to Halt State, Local Emissions Scandal Suits
Nov 17 2021 // The Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals from Volkswagen that sought to stop state and local lawsuits related to the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel...
Greenpeace Germany Sues Volkswagen, Demands Tougher Climate Measures
Nov 9 2021 // Environmental activist Clara Mayer and the heads of Greenpeace Germany have sued Volkswagen in German court, the NGO said on Tuesday, accusing the automaker of failing to do its part to combat climate change. The claimants...
VW Asks Supreme Court to Reverse State Court Diesel Emissions Ruling
Sep 1 2021 // Volkswagen AG on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an Ohio court ruling that cleared the way for the state to move forward with a lawsuit over its diesel emissions scandal and manipulation of...
VW Investors Approve $339M Deal to Settle Diesel-Scandal Claims Against Former Execs
Jul 23 2021 // FRANKFURT – Shareholders in Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen on Thursday approved a deal to settle claims against four former executives, including long-time CEO Martin Winterkorn, related to the...
VW to Appeal Italy Court Decision Ordering $236M Payment in Dieselgate Class Action
Jul 8 2021 // Volkswagen said on Thursday it would appeal against 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...
EU Fines VW, BMW $1B for Colluding to Curb Use of Emissions Cleansing Technology
Jul 8 2021 // BRUSSELS – The European Commission fined German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW a total of 875 million euros ($1 billion) on Thursday for colluding to curb the use of emissions cleaning technology they had developed. The...
VW to Appeal Court Ruling That Clean Air Act Doesn’t Bar State Suit Over Emissions
Jun 30 2021 // Ohio’s Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the state’s attorney general to move forward with a lawsuit against Volkswagen AG over its “Dieselgate” scandal and manipulation of...
