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The Volkswagen emissions scandal, sometimes known as Dieselgate [24] [25] or Emissionsgate, [26] [25] began in September 2015, when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act to German automaker Volkswagen Group. [27]
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel Sedan was awarded Green Car of the Year.The award was rescinded in early October 2015.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 ...
Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty ImagesVolkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn By Andreas Cremer BERLIN -- Volkswagen (VLKAY) said a scandal over falsified U.S. vehicle emission tests could affect 11 million of ...
In January 2017, VW pleaded guilty to the emissions scandal and agreed to pay US$4.3 billion in penalties. As of January 2019, 13 VW employees have been indicted, including former CEO Martin Winterkorn. In addition, two former executives (Oliver Schmidt and James Robert Liang) have pleaded guilty in US court and sentenced to prison terms. [10] [11]
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) Chief Executive Herbert Diess traveled to the United States last week to testify to authorities there about the carmaker's emissions scandal, German newspaper Bild reported ...
Former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn was slow to address emissions test cheating that led to huge U.S. fines, a judge hearing a damages case brought by investors against the German carmaker ...
Volkswagen emissions violations, fraud in diesel motors pollution measurements David Wittig "looting" scandals Xerox [ 8 ] [ 10 ] alleged accounting irregularities involving auditor KPMG , causing restatement of financial results for the years 1997 through 2000 and fines for both companies [ 7 ]
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) Chief Executive Herbert Diess travelled to the United States last week to testify to authorities there about the carmaker's emissions scandal, German newspaper Bild reported ...