A German court has ruled former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn must stand trial on fraud charges in connection with the company’s diesel emission scandal in which it sold cars with software that let them cheat on emissions tests.
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The world’s tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas emissions, with the Amazon rainforest at risk of turning from carbon sink to source within 15 years, researchers warned Wednesday.
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California will become the first state to require smog testing on heavy-duty diesel trucks and tractor-trailers under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Read moreA federal judge gave final approval Friday to a $48 million deal Volkswagen will pay to U.S. investors over the emissions cheating scandal, and awarded $300,000 in attorney fees and costs.
Read moreGerman prosecutors have charged former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and four others with fraud and other offenses in connection with the company’s massive, multi-year effort to cheat on diesel emissions testing.
Read moreA federal judge signed off Monday on a $300 million settlement between Fiat Chrysler and the owners of Ram 1500s and Jeep Grand Cherokees equipped with EcoDiesel engines and defeat devices designed to cheat emissions tests
Read moreGerman law enforcement authorities added another chapter to Volkswagen’s diesel scandal Tuesday by fining the company’s luxury division Audi 800 million euros ($925 million) for selling cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests.
Read moreVolkswagen will pay $48 million to settle one of two lawsuits claiming it misled American investors about its emissions cheating scandal and compliance with U.S. environmental laws.
Read moreVolkswagen must face yet another class action over equipping VW and Audi clean-diesel vehicles with software designed to disguise their high emissions, this time brought by people who owned or leased the vehicles but sold them before the scheme became public.
Read moreFormer Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn may never see the inside of a courtroom in the United States in connection with the company’s diesel emissions scandal. But his legal troubles are far from over.
Read moreJust as interested in lawnmower engines as they are in Volkswagen diesels, federal regulators reached a $2.85 million settlement Tuesday under the Clean Air Act with Swedish company Husqvarna AB and its U.S. affiliate.
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U.S. and California regulators have approved a fix for 38,000 emissions-cheating Volkswagen vehicles that will save the German automaker more than $1 billion in potential fines under a settlement approved last May.
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Shares in French carmaker PSA Group fell sharply Friday after a report said as many as 1.9 million Peugeot and Citroen cars may have engines designed to trick diesel emissions tests.
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A federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a second shareholder class action against Volkswagen, finding its failure to warn investors about its use of emissions-cheating software in 11 million vehicles was “misleading.”
Read moreA federal judge on Friday appeared unwilling to let Volkswagen off the hook for failing to warn investors that it was skirting environmental laws, even as it touted its commitment to developing emissions-reducing technology.
Read moreThe independent monitor overseeing Volkswagen’s efforts to prevent a repeat of its diesel emissions scandal said Tuesday that his “initial impression” is that the company is making a serious effort to change its ways.
Read moreThe U.S. government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some diesel pickup trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests.
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Volkswagen’s board chairman has defended the decision not to publish results of the investigation it commissioned into its scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests, saying it could expose the company to legal risks.
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