Ex-VW CEO Denies Criminal Charges Over Diesel Emissions Scandal September 5, 2024 By Karin Matussek Volkswagen AG’s ex-Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn denied duping customers and taking too long to alert markets about diesel-emission cheating,...
Carmakers Face UK ‘Dieselgate’ Lawsuits Worth at Least $7.6B, Lawyers Say June 12, 2024 By Sam Tobin Some of the world’s biggest carmakers are facing 1.5 million lawsuits in Britain for allegedly cheating emissions tests that could...
Volkswagen Reaches $54 Million ‘Dieselgate’ Settlement With Italian Owners May 17, 2024 Volkswagen and a group representing car owners in Italy have reached an agreement worth more than 50 million euros ($54...
EU Auditors Say Real CO2 Emissions From Most Cars Have Not Fallen January 25, 2024 By Benoit Van Overstraeten Real CO2 emissions from most passenger cars on EU roads are the same as 12 years ago despite reduction targets...
Truck Engine Maker Cummins to Pay Record $1.675 Billion US Environmental Fine December 28, 2023 By David Shepardson Truck engine maker Cummins Inc. has agreed in principle to pay a $1.675 billion fine for installing devices on hundreds...
Mercedez-Benz Faces More Than 300,000 UK Claims Over Diesel Emissions February 9, 2023 By Sam Tobin Mercedes-Benz faces more than 300,000 claims at London’s High Court from the owners of diesel vehicles that were allegedly equipped...
Michigan Diesel Company Fined $10 Million Over Clean Air Act Violations September 2, 2022 On Aug. 29, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan awarded a default judgment, granting the proposed...
VW Sees EU Top Court Ruling Against Its Emissions Software as Confirmation July 14, 2022 By Kate Abnett and Victoria Waldersee Volkswagen’s software that altered car emissions constituted an illegal defeat device in certain driving conditions, the EU’s top court ruled...
VW Investors Approve $339M Deal to Settle Diesel-Scandal Claims Against Former Execs July 23, 2021 FRANKFURT – Shareholders in Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen on Thursday approved a deal to settle claims against four former executives,...
VW to Appeal Italy Court Decision Ordering $236M Payment in Dieselgate Class Action July 8, 2021 Volkswagen said on Thursday it would appeal against a decision by an Italian court ordering the German group to refund...