Ford to Go all Electric in Europe by 2030
Ford announced a major push into electric vehicles in Europe, vowing to convert its entire passenger car lineup on the continent to electrics by 2030.
Read moreFord announced a major push into electric vehicles in Europe, vowing to convert its entire passenger car lineup on the continent to electrics by 2030.
Read moreThe European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was merely protecting car engines.
Read moreA German court has ruled that former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn must face trial on a second set of charges in the company’s diesel emissions scandal, this time accused of market manipulation.
Read moreThe European Union’s highest court ruled Thursday that Volkswagen must face a lawsuit over defective cars sold during the automaker’s emissions scandal in Austrian national court, even though it is based in Germany.
Read moreA magistrate at the Europe Union’s top court said Thursday that Volkswagen cannot argue it was protecting car engines by using a device to manipulate emissions data.
Read moreA federal judge in California reduced $100,000 in punitive damages awarded to five Volkswagen drivers to $28,000 over its emissions cheating scandal, ruling that the original damages were more than constitutionally allowed.
Read moreAn Austria-based consumer rights group can sue Volkswagen in Austrian national court over defective cars sold during the automaker’s emissions scandal even though the company is headquartered in Germany, a magistrate with the EU’s top court said Thursday.
Read moreGerman auto giant Volkswagen said Tuesday it was preparing to shutter most of its European plants, joining a slew of other carmakers as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts supply chains and sends demand plummeting.
Read moreGerman auto giant Volkswagen agreed Friday to pay $912 million in damages to hundreds of thousands of customers whose diesel cars were outfitted with software to manipulate emissions readings.
Read moreVolkswagen faced its first mass lawsuit in the English courts on Monday over the “dieselgate” emissions scandal, with around 90,000 drivers demanding compensation from the German auto giant.
Read moreA case pitting hundreds of thousands of owners of manipulated diesel cars demanding compensation opened against German car behemoth Volkswagen Monday, four years after the country’s largest post-war industrial scandal erupted.
Read moreGerman prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged Volkswagen’s current chief executive and chairman as well as its former CEO with market manipulation in connection with the diesel emissions scandal that erupted in 2015.
Read moreVolkswagen asked a federal judge Friday to approve a $96.5 million settlement to resolve claims its diesel vehicles emitted more emissions and had lower fuel economy than advertised.
Read moreA federal judge refused to grant Volkswagen partial judgment or to strike class-action claims that its publicly announced “Pact for the Future” discriminates against older employees.
Read moreOf the workers eligible to vote, 1,609 cast secret paper ballots that asked whether or not they wanted the United Auto Workers to represent them, according to a statement by VW. The results came down to a difference of 57 votes: 776 Volkswagen employees approved of the union but 833 did not.
Read moreFrom today through Friday, the 1,700 hourly workers who build Volkswagen Atlas SUVs at Chattanooga’s auto plant will vote on whether to unionize — a move opposed by the state’s Republican governor.
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.
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