Volkswagen reaches settlement over Dieselgate in Australia
VW will spend up to $140 million paying out Australian owners of cars affected by the Dieselgate scandal.
GM owners jump on dieselgate bandwagon
GM joins five other manufacturers alleged to have used emissions defeat devices in its cars… is #dieselgate bigger than we thought?
Volkswagen agrees to US$4.3 billion settlement over #dieselgate
Volkswagen has agreed to pay out US$4.3 billion in damages to resolve the case against it in the US over emissions cheating.
Volkswagen executive arrested and charged with fraud over #Dieselgate in the US
A Volkswagen executive, Oliver Schmidt, has been arrested and charged in the US with fraud and conspiracy to conceal VW’s emissions defeat device.
The ACCC launches proceedings against Volkswagen over #dieselgate
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Volkswagen to court over alleged misleading conduct around vehicle emissions.
Volkswagen Amarok first in VW dieselgate recall in Australia
Volkswagen has announced it will recall 8694 Amaroks as part of the global dieselgate scandal. This follows the recall launched in Europe late last year.
Volkswagen slammed for withholding documents relating to dieselgate
US state attorneys have slammed Volkswagen for withholding documents relating the company’s use of illegal diesel emission-beating software.
VW says trying to meet “impossible” US NOx emissions is to blame for #dieselgate
VW chairman, Hans Dieter Poesch, has said that VW boffins installed illegal software on its EA189 diesel engines after it couldn’t meet US NOx emissions regulations legally.
#dieselgate engulfs more Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche cars
The US EPA has issued a second notice of violation of the clean air act against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche after a defeat device was found on VW Group 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engines.
My Skoda Octavia 103TDI is a #dieselgate emissions cheat UPDATED
Like Lance Armstrong, my Skoda Octavia 103TDI is a cheat. It’s a dirty, poisonous gas belching cheat and it’s all Volkswagen Group’s fault… #dieselgate.
VW’s Dieselgate expands to include Audi, Skoda
In unsuprising news, reports are that many Audi and Skoda diesel vehicles were also fitted with the emissions test ‘defeat device’. Volkswagen is not just one of the largest manufacturers of vehicles in the world, but also owner of several other marques – Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT and Skoda.
Carmakers begin to distance themselves from #dieselgate
If Volkswagen used defeat devices to pass emissions tests, maybe others did too? or maybe not, as car makers start to deny using special systems…
Porsche CEO Matthias Müller takes over at VW as #dieselgate toll rises to 5million cars
Porsche CEO Matthias Müller has been announced as the new CEO of the Volkswagen Group in the wake of the #dieselgate scandal.
Volkswagen CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn resigns over #dieselgate
Volkswagen CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn has resigned over Volkswagen Group’s scandalous emissions cheating in what has become known as #dieselgate.
Dyson opens up: “It was a difficult decision to stop”
Dyson aborted its electric car project after spending $1 billion on development costs, including producing a drivable prototype. Now, James Dyson reveals what happened before the electric car project’s premature end. A problem too big to ignore James Dyson: “In 1983, early in the development of my cyclonic technology which
