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Volkswagen diesel sales in the US rebound, Clean Diesels win several environmental awards, receive tax breaks: 2013: International Council on Clean Transportation asks WVU CAFEE to help demonstrate the benefits of US diesel technology, hoping to have Europe follow suit: May 2014: Instead, CAFEE finds discrepancies showing poor on-road emissions.
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The diesel scandal had wide-ranging consequences for the company and the auto industry. Volkswagen wound up paying more than 31 billion euros ($34 billion) in fines and legal settlements. Sales of diesel-powered cars, once favored for their fuel efficiency over gasoline-powered vehicles, plunged as a share of the car market in Europe.
This began with the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Independent tests carried out by the German car club ADAC proved that, under normal driving conditions, diesel vehicles including the Volvo S60, Renault's Espace Energy and the Jeep Renegade, exceeded legal European emission limits for nitrogen oxide (NO x) by more than 10 times. [1]
The indictment reopens the question of whether other senior Volkswagen (VW) executives knew about the scandal, which has dogged Europe's biggest automaker for more than 2-1/2 years and led to a ...
The emissions cheating scandal continues to dog the German carmaker as it faces yet another court case. Germany charges VW bosses with ‘dieselgate’ market manipulation Skip to main content
Winterkorn resigned days after the scandal over polluting vehicles in the United States became public in September 2015. Ex-Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn charged in U.S. over diesel scandal Skip to ...
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel Sedan was awarded Green Car of the Year.The award was rescinded in early October 2015. On 18 September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said beginning in 2008 the car maker fraudulently installed engine control unit (ECU) software determined to be a "defeat device", in violation of the Clean Air Act, to circumvent environmental ...