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15 Oct 2016

Volkswagen to pay $175 million to US lawyers suing over emissions

Volkswagen AG , in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating scandal, has agreed to pay $175 million to US lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles, two people briefed on the agreement said on Friday.

21 Sep 2016

Volkswagen investors seek 8.2 bn euros over 'dieselgate' scandal

Investors say the automaker failed to disclose details of the case in a timely way, leading them to lose money as the group`s share price plunged by 40 percent in two days after the crisis erupted last September.

03 Sep 2016

Volkswagen India to recall diesel cars from September: Sources

After a delay of nearly six months, German car maker Volkswagen India is finally embarking on a course correction by recalling the nearly 3.24 lakh diesel cars that were affected by the global diesel emissions scandal, which broke out in the USA in September last year, reports CNBC-TV18.

28 Jun 2016

Volkswagen agrees to $14.7 billion payout in US emissions probe

The settlement filed in federal court calls for the German auto giant to either buy back or fix the cars that tricked pollution tests, and to pay each owner up to $10,000 in cash.

23 Jun 2016

Volkswagen to pay $10 billion in US over emissions scandal: Source

Volkswagen admitted in September that it had installed software on diesel cars that tricked US emissions tests into showing the cars met environmental standards. After testing, the device switched off, allowing the vehicles to spew up to 40 times the permitted amounts of nitrogen oxides.

13 Apr 2016

Volkswagen says top executives ready to accept 'sharp cuts' in bonuses

Volkswagen announced Wednesday that its top executives were willing to accept "sharp reductions" in their annual bonuses as the embattled carmaker struggles to stem the fallout from its massive engine-rigging scandal.

Volkswagen passenger cars

24 Mar 2016

US judge gives Volkswagen to April 21 for emissions fix plan

A US judge on Thursday gave Volkswagen until April 21 to come up with a plan to fix some 600,000 cars spewing illegal levels of pollutants due to emissions-cheating software.

Volkswagen Passengar Car

15 Mar 2016

Investors sue Volkswagen in Germany for more than 3 billion euros

A group of 278 institutional investors from Germany and abroad is suing embattled auto giant Volkswagen for more than 3.0 billion euros (USD 3.3 billion) in damages over the emissions-cheating scandal, their lawyers and the court said Tuesday.

Volkswagen Passenger Car

07 Mar 2016

Volkswagen says wrongfooted by US going public on emissions

Embattled German automaker Volkswagen believed it could clear up emissions-cheating allegations with US authorities amicably and was caught offguard by them going public instead, a key company document revealed Monday.

26 Feb 2016

US judge gives VW a month to present diesel fix plan

A US judge has given Volkswagen one month to present a plan to fix diesel engine cars secretly outfitted with pollution cheat devices.

Volkswagen Passengers Car

24 Feb 2016

Volkswagen faces huge US lawsuit over pollution cheating

Volkswagen faces potentially huge damages to pay over pollution cheat devices on its diesel-engine cars in a class-action lawsuit filed in a San Francisco court this week.

Volkswagen Passeger Car

04 Feb 2016

Cars in India not equipped with "defeat device": Volkswagen

The Indian arm of German auto major Volkswagen Thursday denied violation of emission norms in the country and said its cars were not equipped with "defeat device".

Delhi Auto Expo 2016

03 Feb 2016

Emission scandal: Volkswagen says sorry to Indian customers

Volkswagen on Wednesday apologised for the emission scandal in India and reiterated that its cars follow the country's norms.

Volkswagen India

06 Jan 2016

Don't sell cars with cheat device: NGT to Volkswagen

A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi directed the company to give in writing that it would sell only those vehicles which comply with all emission norms as applicable.

Volkswagen India

06 Jan 2016

NGT seeks undertaking from Volkswagen; asks not to sell vehicle in India with cheat device

The auto maker has been found to have deployed this device to cheat on emission tests in cars sold in various countries.

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17 Dec 2015

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10 Dec 2015

Pollution cheating dates back to 2005: Volkswagen

Volkswagen said Thursday the roots of the global pollution-cheating scandal it is currently engulfed in date back to 2005, and while the current situation was difficult, it would not break the company.

Volkswagen India

04 Dec 2015

Volkswagen emmission scandal: Penalty decision after IIT panel view, says Gadkari

The auto maker has been found to have deployed this device to cheat on emission tests in cars sold in various countries.

Volkswagen Passenger Car

04 Dec 2015

Volkswagen car sales tumble almost 20% in Britain

There were 12,958 new registrations of Volkswagen branded vehicles in November.

Volkswagen India

03 Dec 2015

Volkswagen says cars in India not equipped with 'defeat device'

A government-ordered probe here also found violations on the part of the company, following which Volkswagen earlier on Monday announced recall of 3,23,700 vehicles sold in India between 2008 and 2015.

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