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More Volkswagen Execs Knew About Dieselgate as Early as 2006
More Volkswagen Execs Knew About Dieselgate as Early as 2006

24 Jan 2016, 11:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A report from German media has revealed the fact that more VW executives knew about the defeat devices on TDI engines than initially announced

 
Volkwagen Refuses to Offer Compensation to Europeans Affected by Emissions Situation
Volkwagen Refuses to Offer Compensation to Europeans Affected by Emissions Situation

22 Jan 2016, 09:59 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen denied the EU Industry Commissioner's request to provide compensation to customers who purchased cars with rigged emission systems

 
South Korea Plans to Sue Local Volkswagen Group Executives on Dieselgate Issue
South Korea Plans to Sue Local Volkswagen Group Executives on Dieselgate Issue

20 Jan 2016, 16:51 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The South Korean Government doesn't approve the changes proposed by Volkswagen to fix its TDIs and has decided to file charges against the company's executives

 
Opel Rejects Allegations Made by Belgian Journalist on Zafira's Emissions
Opel Rejects Allegations Made by Belgian Journalist on Zafira's Emissions

20 Jan 2016, 13:20 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Opel officials have responded to Belgian journalist's allegations, who claimed the company had done an unnanounced recall on the Zafira Tourer

 
If There Is a Car God, He Hates Diesels
If There Is a Car God, He Hates Diesels

19 Jan 2016, 19:59 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If such a deity does exist, plenty of signs have started emerging in the past few months that show he or she is not exactly happy with our diesel cars

 
Renault Announces 15,000-Strong Diesel Models Recall Following Government Inspection
Renault Announces 15,000-Strong Diesel Models Recall Following Government Inspection

19 Jan 2016, 12:36 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Renault is having its own little version of the Dieselgate scandal, only the French edition doesn't involve defeat devices and deliberately lying to customers

 
PSA Peugeot-Citroen Proudly Announces Its Diesel Engines Comply with Government Regulations
PSA Peugeot-Citroen Proudly Announces Its Diesel Engines Comply with Government Regulations

18 Jan 2016, 10:13 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Peugeot-Citroen corporation has gone through emissions testing made by the French Government for its diesel engines. The company passed with flying colors

 
Renault Claims Its Cars Are Clean of Defeat Device Software
Renault Claims Its Cars Are Clean of Defeat Device Software

14 Jan 2016, 17:04 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Renault recently stated it's not afraid of the independent technical commission created by the French Government, as its cars are clean

 
Renault Shares Drop After News of Raid on Headquarters Surfaces, Company Is Innocent
Renault Shares Drop After News of Raid on Headquarters Surfaces, Company Is Innocent

14 Jan 2016, 14:21 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Renault's shares value has suffered the highest drop in 17 years, marking a loss of $6.3 billion. The event was triggered by a visit from the fraud office

 
California Air Resource Board Rejects Volkswagen's Proposed TDI Fix, Deems It Incomplete
California Air Resource Board Rejects Volkswagen's Proposed TDI Fix, Deems It Incomplete

13 Jan 2016, 16:24 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen's proposed solution for fixing Dieselgate-affected 2.0 TDI engines in the USA has been rejected by the California Air Resources Board

 
Exclusive: Volkswagen's New Corporate Branding Scheme Revealed
Exclusive: Volkswagen's New Corporate Branding Scheme Revealed

8 Jan 2016, 17:24 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / It seems that “Das Auto” will forever remain synonymous with cheating and bad engineering, so Volkswagen has decided it to drop it

 
Volkswagen May Buy Back One-Fifth of the Dieselgate-Affected Vehicles in the U.S.
Volkswagen May Buy Back One-Fifth of the Dieselgate-Affected Vehicles in the U.S.

7 Jan 2016, 14:20 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / After analyzing their next step, Volkswagen officials now say that the company may have to buy back 115,000 US cars affected by the Dieselgate scandal

 
Volkswagen Just Got Sued by the US Justice Department
Volkswagen Just Got Sued by the US Justice Department

5 Jan 2016, 14:47 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The United States Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Volkswagen for violating the Clean Air Act. VW is facing fines for each “dirty” car sold

 
California Could Forgive Volkswagen After the Dieselgate Scandal
California Could Forgive Volkswagen After the Dieselgate Scandal

18 Dec 2015, 14:46 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The state might forgive Volkswagen for its real emissions error and force it to turn its attention to zero-emission vehicles

 
VW of America Hired a Famous Lawyer to Deal with Dieselgate Compensation
VW of America Hired a Famous Lawyer to Deal with Dieselgate Compensation

18 Dec 2015, 09:14 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ken Feinberg, a famous American lawyer known for dealing with high-profile cases, was hired by Volkswagen to deal with Dieselgate settlements

 
VW Group Restructures Leadership Ranks, Sets New Directors for Design, Sales, R&D, and More
VW Group Restructures Leadership Ranks, Sets New Directors for Design, Sales, R&D, and More

17 Dec 2015, 16:14 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Volkswagen Group has announced significant changes for its management structure. The company has new design, sales and research&development directors

 
Mercedes-Benz Refuses to Be Drawn into the Whole Dieselgate Scandal, Denies Allegations
Mercedes-Benz Refuses to Be Drawn into the Whole Dieselgate Scandal, Denies Allegations

17 Dec 2015, 09:32 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The Dieselgate scandal is desperately trying to expand over to other brands outside the Volkswagen Group, but without any luck so far

 
VW Admits to Being a Greedy Corporation but Blames Its Technicians for Not Being Up to Par
VW Admits to Being a Greedy Corporation but Blames Its Technicians for Not Being Up to Par

11 Dec 2015, 10:06 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It's always the little man's fault, isn't it? The company set out some nearly impossible tasks for its techinicians and they did “everything” possible

 
Volkswagen's Internal Investigation Has Acquired 50 Witnesses
Volkswagen's Internal Investigation Has Acquired 50 Witnesses

8 Dec 2015, 09:49 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The carmaker has around 50 witnesses for its internal investigation regarding the Dieselgate scandal. The witnesses will not be punished by the company

 
Audi's Tech Development Chief and Chairman of Supervisory Board, Ulrich Hackenberg, Steps Down
Audi's Tech Development Chief and Chairman of Supervisory Board, Ulrich Hackenberg, Steps Down

4 Dec 2015, 17:05 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Hackenberg has stepped down from functions held in the Volkswagen Group. He was replaced by Dr. Stefan Knirsch and Matthias Muller