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  2. Volkswagen emissions scandal - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Volkswagen controversies - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Diesel emissions scandal - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. Volkswagen headquarters raided again over diesel scandal

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    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.

  6. Two million diesel car owners could join VW class action in ...

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    Around two million diesel car owners in Germany could join class action lawsuits to seek compensation from Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), Justice Minister Katarina Barley said on Wednesday. The German ...

  7. Volkswagen invested billions in EVs following Dieselgate ...

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    In the years following the scandal, Volkswagen was that much more keen to refurbish its image as a cheat with a clean, futuristic technology like EVs. Already back in 2017, ...

  8. Oliver Schmidt (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Oliver Schmidt (born January 9, 1969) [1] [2] is a German engineer, former senior executive for Volkswagen in Germany and the United States as well as a convicted felon. In December 2017, Schmidt was sentenced to 84 months (7 years) in federal prison for his role in the Volkswagen emissions scandal. [3]

  9. Former Volkswagen CEO charged with false testimony over ...

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    Prosecutors have charged former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn with giving false testimony to the German parliament when he said he was unaware of the carmaker's diesel emissions ...