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  Dieselgate: VW knew about issue in May 2014, banking on previous precedent to get away with fines

  3 March 2016 / 7 comments

  Volkswagen AG (VW) today announced that it had submitted a defense statement to the Braunschweig District Court regarding a violation of disclosure obligations. In the statement, VW stated its belief that it had complied with […]

   

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  Dieselgate: Volkswagen EA189 engine fix well on track

  19 February 2016 / 4 comments

  Volkswagen is making good progress with its recall for the EA189 diesel engines that were involved in the dieselgate scandal. The automaker has announced that three weeks after it began implementing technical measures for its […]

   

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  Dieselgate: Volkswagen’s quality assurance boss quits

  11 February 2016 / 10 comments

  Frank Tuch, head of Quality Assurance at the Volkswagen Group, will be leaving his position and the company. In an official statement, Volkswagen said that Tuch, 48, is “leaving at his own request.” However, several […]

   

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  VW to sell Ducati, Scania and MAN over Dieselgate?

  11 February 2016 / 12 comments

  The nightmare that is Dieselgate doesn’t seem to be going away soon for Volkswagen AG (VW). From an unconfirmed report in the Detroit Bureau, a VW official has confirmed that the embattled German manufacturer is […]

   

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  Dieselgate: Volkswagen starts with EA189 engine software recall in Germany, rest of Europe to follow

  3 February 2016 / 5 comments

  Following its presentation of technical measures to the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) in December 2015 for its diesel engines affected by the NOx issue, Volkswagen has begun recalling and implementing a software update […]

   

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  Volkswagen reorganises its vehicle development process to avoid major scandals like Dieselgate

  21 January 2016 / 9 comments

  German automaker Volkswagen has announced a significant change in the organisation of vehicle development. Previously, responsibilities for technology, quality, cost, deadline compliance and cost-effectiveness were distributed across various divisions and differentiated into individual models groups. […]

   

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  Dieselgate – California rejects VW’s diesel fix plan

  15 January 2016 / 5 comments

  While Volkswagen may have attained an approval for its EA189 four-cylinder TDI engines in Germany, its plan for a fix in the US has not met the same fate, as more ‘dieselgate‘ drama for Volkswagen […]

   

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  Dieselgate: Volkswagen to ready catalytic converter fix

  11 January 2016 / 8 comments

  A redesigned catalytic converter is one of Volkwagen AG’s (VW) proposals to rectify ‘Dieselgate’. VW chief executive officer Matthias Mueller said this on January 10, ahead of the NAIAS in Detroit. As reported by Reuters, […]

   

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  Volkswagen faces USD$90 bil lawsuit over dieselgate

  5 January 2016 / 21 comments

  Volkswagen is facing a USD$90 billion (RM390 billion) lawsuit in the United States. The Department of Justice has filled a court action against the car maker for its attempts to cheat its way past the […]

   

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  Audi claims easy fix for Dieselgate-affected 3.0 TDI V6

  14 December 2015 / 5 comments

  According to Audi CEO, Rupert Stadler, the automaker has found a simple fix for vehicles equipped with the Volkswagen Group’s 3.0 litre TDI V6 engine that contain defeat devices, designed to foil emissions tests. In […]

   

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  Volkswagen says Dieselgate CO2 issue “largely concluded” – false claims for just nine models

  10 December 2015 / 10 comments

  Volkswagen has claimed that there has been no “unlawful change” to its stated fuel consumption and CO2 figures in Europe. It also admits that only a handful of new car variants have been affected, and […]

   

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  VW dieselgate scandal – 3.0 TDI V6 contains defeat device, 2009 through 2016 model years affected

  23 November 2015 / 16 comments

  The dieselgate scandal just got bigger after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received confirmation from Volkswagen and Audi officials that its 3.0 litre TDI V6 engine contains a defeat device designed to foil emissions […]

   

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  Volkswagen dieselgate scandal – 3.0 TDI V6 in VW, Audi and Porsche models possibly affected

  3 November 2015 / 12 comments

  It appears that the Volkswagen Group’s dieselgate woes continue to deepen. This is because the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently issued a second notice of violation (NOV) of the country’s Clean Air […]

   

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  Toyota regains top spot in global vehicle sales, as the Volkswagen Group struggles with dieselgate scandal

  26 October 2015 / 12 comments

  Toyota Motor Corporation today announced that its year-to-date (January to September 2015) worldwide sales results have amounted to 7,498,000 units, effectively overtaking the Volkswagen Group, which managed to deliver 7,430,800 units in the same time […]

   

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  Volkswagen dieselgate saga expands, more engines including new EA288 1.6 and 2.0 might be affected

  20 October 2015 / 22 comments

  New reports from the US suggest that Volkswagen may have developed several types of its infamous “defeat device,” which may even be equipped on its newest range of vehicles. Previously, the defeat device used to […]

   

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