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The Volkswagen scandal has increased scrutiny on combustion engines in general, and Volkswagen and several other car makes have been shown to pollute more than allowed. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 49 ] A French government report in 2016 investigated 86 different cars, and about 1/5th of those were found to comply with emission laws.
The Volkswagen XL1, with potential mileage as high as 261 mpg ‑US (0.9 L/100 km), is the most fuel-efficient car in the world.. In 1974 Volkswagen paid a $120,000 fine to settle a complaint filed by the Environmental Protection Agency over the use of so-called "defeat devices" that disabled certain pollution-control systems.
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 ]
Volkswagen said the raids were linked to an investigation into diesel cars with engine type EA 288, a successor model to the EA 189 which was at the heart of the test cheating scandal.
Volkswagen's EV game hits stumbling blocks Volkswagen’s generous investments into EVs resulted from Dieselgate, a scandal that rocked the auto industry in 2015.
VW will start firing people responsible for rigging U.S. emissions tests on Friday as they try to get to grips with the biggest scandal in its 78-year history.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German automaker Volkswagen saw its profit slip in the first quarter as the company set aside 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) for legal risks related to its 2015 diesel ...
Commission v Germany (2007) C-112/05 is an EU law case, relevant for UK enterprise law, concerning European company law.Following a trend in cases such as Commission v United Kingdom, [1] and Commission v Netherlands, [2] it struck down public oversight, through golden shares of Volkswagen by the German state of Lower Saxony.