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VW, Other Carmakers in Talks Over Autonomous Vehicle Standards

Sep 17 2018 // Germany’s Volkswagen is in talks with other carmakers to set common standards for self-driving vehicle technology, Automotive News reported on Friday.The Volkswagen Group is discussing the initiative with more than...

German Consumer Agency to Seek Damages Against Volkswagen Over Diesel Tests

Sep 12 2018 // Volkswagen will face another class action lawsuit over its rigging of diesel emissions tests, this time at home when Germany introduces a new law in November.State-financed consumer protection organization vzbv said on...

Volkswagen Investors Seek $10.6 Billion Over Diesel Scam

Sep 10 2018 // Volkswagen went on trial on Monday to face investors seeking 9.2 billion euros ($10.6 billion) in compensation, arguing the carmaker should have informed shareholders earlier about its diesel pollution scandal.Shareholders...

VW’s CEO Knew About Cheating Software Before Scandal Emerged: Der Spiegel

Aug 21 2018 // Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess was told about the existence of cheating software in cars two months before regulators blew the whistle on a multi-billion exhaust emissions scandal, German magazine Der Spiegel...

Appeals Court Upholds Volkswagen’s $10 Billion Diesel Settlement with Owners

Jul 11 2018 // A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Volkswagen’s $10.03 billion settlement with the owners of nearly 500,000 polluting diesel vehicles announced in 2016.The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...

Volkswagen Accused of ‘Company-Wide’ Age Discrimination in Tennessee Suit

Jul 3 2018 // A Tennessee employee of Volkswagen AG sued the automaker and alleged that it has been systematically discriminating against older workers in wake of a massive emissions scandal that tarnished the company’s...

CEO of VW’s Audi Arrested in Germany over Emissions Cheating Scandal

Jun 18 2018 // German authorities arrested the head of Volkswagen’s luxury arm Audi on Monday, the most senior company official so far to be detained over the carmaker’s emissions test cheating scandal.Munich prosecutors, who...

Germany Moves Toward U.S.-Style Class-Actions, Benefiting VW Diesel Car Litigants

Jun 15 2018 // Germany will allow interest groups to sue on behalf of consumers, taking a tentative step toward U.S.-style class-action lawsuits in a bid to make it easier to collect damages from big companies in the aftermath of...

German Prosecutors Eye Investigation of Auto Supplier Bosch over Emissions Scandal

Apr 20 2018 // German prosecutors may widen an investigation into auto supplier Robert Bosch over its suspected involvement in emissions test cheating to include dealings with Fiat, Ford, General Motors and Hyundai, according to the...

More than 50,000 British Drivers Initiate ‘Dieselgate’ Suit Against VW

Mar 27 2018 // Lawyers for more than 50,000 British car owners kicked off a lawsuit against Volkswagen in London’s High Court on Tuesday in a battle for compensation over a diesel emissions scandal that has engulfed Europe’s...

German Prosecutors Investigate Bosch over Suspected Audi Emissions Test Cheating

Jan 12 2018 // German prosecutors said on Thursday they had launched another probe into Robert Bosch GmbH over its suspected involvement in emissions test cheating – this time in relation to its work with Volkswagen’s premium...

Swiss VW Owners Seek Damages for ‘Dieselgate’ Emissions Scandal

Jan 2 2018 // Swiss consumer protection organization SKS has filed a claim on behalf of some 6,000 car owners seeking damages from Volkswagen AG and Swiss car dealer AMAG related to the “Dieselgate” emissions scandal.The...

Kobe Steel Can Expect Spate of Lawsuits for Its 10 Years of False Data

Oct 12 2017 // Kobe Steel Ltd.’s legal problems are just beginning in wake of the company’s disclosure that it falsified data for years about the durability of aluminum and copper used in airplanes, trains and vehicles.The...

How One German Company Is Making Workplace Robots Safer for Humans

Sep 18 2017 // Two years ago, a robot crushed a 22-year-old man to death at a Volkswagen AG factory in Germany after the maintenance worker became trapped in an area usually off-bound to humans. While this type of tragedy is still...

Recalled Volkswagens Stolen from Michigan Parking Lot

Sep 14 2017 // Michigan investigators and out-of-state police are tracking down more than 30 recalled diesel vehicles that were stolen from the parking lot of a shuttered arena in southeastern Michigan.Indiana State Police Sgt. Jerry...

Volkswagen Wants Judge to Reject Wyoming Lawsuit

Aug 2 2017 // Volkswagen AG, trying to put a massive emissions-cheating scandal behind it, has asked a U.S. judge to reject a lawsuit by Wyoming potentially seeking more than $1 billion in additional penalties for environment...

Daimler Recalls More Than 3 Million Mercedes-Benz Diesel Vehicles

Jul 20 2017 // Daimler AG moved to head off a growing crisis over emissions concerns by voluntarily recalling more than 3 million Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles in Europe, marking the latest blow to the technology since Volkswagen...

Federal Judge Permits Some VW Investor Claims Over Diesel Scandal

Jun 30 2017 // A federal judge in California on Wednesday allowed some claims to proceed by investors who sued Volkswagen AG over its diesel emissions scandal, but agreed to the German automaker’s request to dismiss parts of the...

220,000 Dutch, English Consumers Sue VW Over Diesel Fraud

Jun 14 2017 // Around 220,000 car drivers in the Netherlands, England and Wales joined forces on Tuesday in what could become a pan-European lawsuit against German carmaker Volkswagen seeking compensation over its...

U.S. Judge Set to Approve Another VW Diesel Settlement of $1.2 Billion

May 12 2017 // A U.S. judge said he intends to give final approval to Volkswagen AG’s $1.225 billion settlement with regulators and about 78,000 drivers of premium Audis, VWs and Porsches over the company’s diesel...