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Home / Search results for 'dieselgate'

  • Volkswagen to receive RM1.44 billion in Dieselgate settlement payouts from insurers, former executives

    10 June 2021 / 4 comments

    In the latest development concerning the Dieselgate emissions testing scandal that has plagued the Volkswagen Group, the German automaker has reached an agreement with its former executives for settlements totalling 287.8 million euros (RM1.44 billion), […]
     


  • Ex-Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn agrees to pay €10 million in dieselgate scandal damages – report

    1 June 2021 / 1 comment

    Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn has agreed to pay around 10 million euros (RM50.4 million) in damages to the automaker over the dieselgate scandal that broke out in September 2015, Business Insider reports. This, […]
     


  • VW CEO Herbert Diess indicted over Dieselgate cover up, along with chairman Poetsch, ex-CEO Winterkorn

    25 September 2019 / 1 comment

    VW Group CEO Herbert Diess German prosecutors in the city of Braunschweig have accused Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess of holding back market-moving information on rigged emissions tests four years ago. The prosecutors said on […]
     


  • Ex-VW CEO Martin Winterkorn charged with fraud over dieselgate coverup, could face 10-year jail sentence

    17 April 2019 / 2 comments

    After years of investigation, German prosecutors have filed aggravated fraud charges against former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn. He formerly led the company when it deceived regulators about its vehicles’ diesel exhaust levels. The charges represent […]
     


  • German court orders Volkswagen to reimburse 2012 Golf owner in full (RM142k) over Dieselgate scandal

    26 November 2018 / 3 comments

    Volkswagen has been given an order by a German court to fully reimburse the owner of a Golf TDI the full original price (around 30,000 euros, or RM142k) of his vehicle, which was bought in […]
     


  • Audi CEO arrested over fears of Dieselgate coverup

    18 June 2018 / 6 comments

    The investigation into Volkswagen’s diesel emissions cheating scandal rages on with the arrest of Audi’s current chief executive officer Rupert Stadler, according to Munich prosecutors. This news comes from Automotive News Europe, which reported that […]
     


  • Dieselgate: Volkswagen fined €1 billion by Germany

    14 June 2018 / 5 comments

    Volkswagen has been fined one billion euros (RM4.7 billion) over diesel emissions from the company’s cars, according to Reuters. The fine was imposed by the public prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig, a city in Lower Saxony, […]
     


  • Dieselgate: Mercedes recalls 774,000 cars in Europe with defeat devices, including newest EU6 models

    13 June 2018 / 2 comments

    Last week, German transport minister Andreas Scheuer threatened to sue Daimler to the tune of 3.75 billion euros (about RM17.6 billion) if Mercedes-Benz was found to have cheated emissions regulators with “defeat devices” installed in […]
     


  • Dieselgate: Porsche Europe recalls 60,000 diesel SUVs

    23 May 2018 / 0 comments

    Porsche, after recently coming under fire for allegedly installing defeat devices in its diesel-powered cars, has issued a recall for its diesel-powered Macan and Cayenne SUVs at the request of German authorities. According to AutoExpress, […]
     


  • Dieselgate continues with Porsche, Audi office raids

    19 April 2018 / 5 comments

    The diesel emissions scandal has yet to turn a new chapter, as it appears that Porsche and Audi facilities have been raided by German prosecutors as part of ongoing investigations relating to Dieselgate. The collective […]
     


  • VW exec jailed seven years for Dieselgate role: report

    7 December 2017 / 17 comments

    Another Volkswagen employee gets the clink for ties to the Dieselgate scandal, according to Autocar – former Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt has been sentenced to seven years in prison an hit with a US$400,000 (RM1.63 […]
     


  • VW Dieselgate scandal to cost RM127 billion – report

    2 October 2017 / 12 comments

    The long-running Dieselgate scandal that has blighted the Volkswagen Group is now expected to rack up an additional US$3 billion (RM12.7 billion) to a total of US$30 billion (RM127 billion), according to the German automaker. […]
     


  • Former Volkswagen engineer gets 40 months prison time, RM853k fine over “leading role” in Dieselgate

    28 August 2017 / 19 comments

    A Volkswagen engineer has received a stiffer-than-expected sentence for his role in the Dieselgate saga – James Liang has been slapped with a 40-month sentence and a US$200,000 (RM853,032) fine for his role in the […]
     


  • Volkswagen diesel sales resume in US, account for 12% of April sales despite Dieselgate – report

    4 May 2017 / 11 comments

    German automaker Volkswagen said that it has resumed sales of its diesel-powered passenger vehicles in the United States, with oil burners accounting for 12% of its US sales in April, according to Reuters. The marque […]
     


  • Volkswagen Group sold a record 10.3 million cars in 2016, shrugging off the impact of Dieselgate

    11 January 2017 / 36 comments

    What scandal? Volkswagen has sold a record 10.3 million vehicles in 2016, shrugging off the impact of the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal that surfaced in 2015. VW Group sales – which include Audi, Porsche, Seat […]
     


 
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