VW emissions scandal News
VW Reaches $900M Settlement With German Consumer Group Over Diesel Scandal
Volkswagen and a major German consumer group said on Friday that they had reached an 830 million euro ($902.04 million) agreement in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker's rigging of diesel ...
Ex-VW CEO Winterkorn Charged in Germany With Fraud
German prosecutors charged former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn with fraud on Monday over his role in the carmaker's manipulation of diesel emissions testing, more than three years after the ...
VW Denies Allegations Its Chairman Knew Early About Emissions Test Cheating
Volkswagen has denied allegations that Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch knew about the carmaker's emissions test cheating almost three months before U.S. authorities made it public in September 2015. ...
$10.7B VW Investor Suit Over Diesel Emissions Scandal Set to Hit Trial Phase
Volkswagen faces a trial next week as investors seek 9.2 billion euros ($10.7 billion) in compensation arguing that the carmaker should have informed shareholders about a diesel pollution scandal ...
Files Seized From VW Law Firm Can Be Used in Investigation: Court Ruling
Volkswagen has lost a legal challenge to prevent prosecutors from examining unpublished documents about its emission scandal, with Germany's top court ruling on Friday that files seized from a U.S. ...
17 Months Later, VW Emissions Scandal Legal Trouble Keeps Coming
Luxembourg has launched criminal proceedings over Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal, showing the German carmaker is still struggling to draw a line under the crisis some 17 months after it broke. ...
VW Reaches $1B Agreement to Settle Emissions-Cheating Scandal Lawsuits
Volkswagen AG took an important step in digging out from its emissions-cheating scandal by reaching a $1 billion agreement to settle lawsuits over tainted 3.0-liter diesel engines. The preliminary ...
VW Pursues Final Approval of $14.7B Emissions Deal; Vehicle Fix Still Pending
Volkswagen AG is asking for a final sign-off on its $14.7 billion settlement with drivers as it continues to seek regulators' approval of a fix for 482,000 pollution-spewing vehicles still on U.S. ...