Carmakers Accused in Huge UK Lawsuits of Cheating Diesel Emissions Tests October 14, 2025 By Sam Tobin Some of the world’s biggest carmakers manipulated diesel emissions tests because they “would rather cheat than comply with the law,”...
Volkswagen Loses Top Court Case Over Diesel Deal With Ex-CEO September 30, 2025 By Karin Matussek Volkswagen AG lost an appeals case in Germany’s highest civil court over the shareholders’ approval of a settlement with former...
Major Automakers Want Congress to Bar California 2035 Electric Vehicle Plan April 28, 2025 By David Shepardson Major automakers want Congress to bar California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 that has...
Volkswagen to Recall Over 114,000 US Vehicles Over Airbag Concern, NHTSA Says November 7, 2024 By Nathan Gomes Volkswagen will recall 114,478 vehicles in the United States on concerns over the driver-side airbag, the National Highway Traffic Safety...
VW Scraps Three-Decades-Old German Jobs Pledge to Cut Costs September 10, 2024 By Monica Raymunt Volkswagen AG is ending job protections for auto workers in Germany as part of its cost-cutting push, setting up a...
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,...
South Korean Alarm Over EV Battery Fires Puts Spotlight on Safety Concerns August 14, 2024 South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer of batteries used in electric vehicles (EV)...
Russian Court Orders Volkswagen to Pay $193M in Damages to Russian Carmaker July 9, 2024 A Russian court has ordered Volkswagen to pay 16.9 billion roubles ($193 million) in damages to Russian carmaker GAZ Group,...
Volkswagen Recalling 307,000 Vehicles Over Air Bag Sensor Wiring June 27, 2024 By David Shepardson Volkswagen said on Wednesday it was recalling over 307,000 vehicles in North America due to a potential wiring fault that...
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...