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Lawmakers Call For VW To Buy Back Emission-Cheating Cars At Pre-Scandal Value
Despite nearly a quarter of the 482,000 owners of Volkswagen vehicles equipped with “defeat devices” accepting a “goodwill package” of $1,000 in cash and credits for their troubles, lawmakers said on...
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VW Emissions Scandal The Result Of “Chain Of Mistakes” That Started In 2005
The emissions scandal affecting more than 11 million Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles around the world likely started in 2005 when engineers initiated a “chain of mistakes” while trying to meet...
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States Say Volkswagen Won’t Turn Over Documents In Emissions Investigation
A group of state attorneys general called out Volkswagen on Friday for allegedly withholding documents related to its use of “defeat devices” to skirt emissions standards in 500,000 vehicles in the...
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Judge Gives Volkswagen Until March 24 To Come Up With Fix For Dirty Diesels
Volkswagen has one month to come up with a plan on how to fix nearly 500,000 diesel-engine vehicles that contain “defeat devices” to skirt federal emissions standards, a judge overseeing class-action...
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Volkswagen U.S. CEO Steps Down Amid Emissions Scandal
Six months after Volkswagen admitted to using “defeat device” technology to skirt emissions tests on its so-called “clean diesel” cars, the carmaker’s U.S. chief has stepped down. The New York Times...
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VW Gets Another Month To Come Up With Plan For Vehicles With “Defeat Devices”
Today was the day, the deadline for Volkswagen to come up with a fix for some 500,000 diesel-engine vehicles that contain “defeat devices” to skirt federal emissions standards, only that didn’t happen....
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VW Dealers Sue Carmaker For Fraud Over Emissions-Cheating Diesels
A week after the Federal Trade Commission sued Volkswagen for deceptively advertising “clean diesel” cars equipped with “defeat device” software to cheat on emissions tests, the carmaker finds itself...
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Would $5,000 Make You Forget That Your VW Car Exceeds Emission Standards?
With only one day to go before Volkswagen is supposed to present a workable fix for more than 500,000 diesel vehicles equipped with “defeat devices” designed to cheat emission standards, the carmaker...
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Volkswagen Offers To Buy Back Emissions-Cheating “Clean Diesel” Cars
Owners of one of Volkswagen’s 500,000 diesel vehicles equipped with “defeat devices” designed to cheat emission standards will have two options when it comes to fixing their vehicles: allow the...
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VW Exec Created A Power Point Presentation On How To Cheat Emissions Tests In...
Back in September, shortly after Volkswagen admitted it had equipped 11 million vehicles worldwide with “defeat devices” in order to evade emissions tests, an internal investigation found that some...
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Report: VW To Pay $10.2B To Settle Emissions Issues
It doesn’t pay to cheat. That’s the lesson Volkswagen will likely learn next Tuesday, when the (extended) deadline expires for filing a final settlement agreement to resolve its use of...
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Volkswagen To Pay At Least $15B To Settle Federal Allegations In Dirty Diesel...
Nine months after the Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board revealed that Volkswagen had used so-called “defeat devices” in nearly 500,000 diesel-engine vehicles in the...
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Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal Tab Just Grew By $86M
Last week, Volkswagen agreed to pay at least $15 billion to settle federal allegations that it used so-called “defeat devices” in nearly 500,000 diesel-engine vehicles in the U.S. to skirt emissions...
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California Rejects VW’s Plan To Fix Emissions Cheating 3.0L Diesel Vehicles
It’s back to the drawing board for Volkswagen when it comes to finding an adequate fix for thousands of vehicles equipped with emissions cheating defeat devices in California, as state regulators...
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Volkswagen May Compensate Dealers Over Diesel Emissions Scandal
Last month, Volkswagen agreed to compensate owners of more than 500,000 vehicles equipped with “defeat devices” used to skirt emission standards. Now, the carmaker is reportedly promising to also make...
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Report: More Volkswagen, Audi Vehicles May Have Emissions Cheating Software
Volkswagen may be poised to start putting that whole emission-cheating “defeat device” business behind it with a $15 billion agreement, but a new report suggests the carmaker may have other skeletons...
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Prosecutors Find Evidence Of Criminal Behavior At VW, Says Report
Volkswagen recently agreed to pay $15 billion to settle some of the allegations involving the carmaker’s use of so-called “defeat devices” to cheat on emissions tests in diesel cars, but a new report...
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Australian Regulator Sues Volkswagen Over Diesel Cheating
After many months of bad press, recalls, and legal woes, Volkswagen earlier this year reached a settlement with U.S. regulators over its emissions-cheating dirty diesel “defeat devices.” But just...
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New Emissions-Cheating “Defeat Device” Reportedly Found In Audi Vehicles
Volkswagen’s recently approved $15 billion settlement with the U.S. government was seen by some as the final chapter in the carmaker’s “defeat device” emissions scandal, but officials in California may...
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Report: Volkswagen Settlement Over 3-Liter Vehicles Could Add $1B To...
Volkswagen has already agreed to pay $15 billion to settle a large portion of its “dieselgate” scandal, so what’s another $1 billion? That figure could reportedly be added to the carmaker’s tab as part...
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