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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]
Many of the public electric vehicle chargers alongside California roads were built to atone for past wrongs. Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, was born in the ashes of the company’s ...
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.
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp v. Woodson, 444 U.S. 286 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court case involving strict products liability, personal injury and various procedural issues and considerations.
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) has lost a legal challenge to prevent prosecutors from examining unpublished documents about its emission scandal, with Germany's top court ruling on Friday that files ...
HAMBURG/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> is seeking more than 100 million euros ($112 million) in damages from former supplier Prevent, it said on Tuesday, adding it had filed a first ...
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. [11] [12]
Legal wrangling may delay Volkswagen's merger with Porsche, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn said. Volkswagen planned to complete a merger with Porsche in 2011.