Volkswagen

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Oliver Schmidt, one of the highest-ranking Volkswagen officials implicated in Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating scandal, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a federal district court judge in Detroit this week. Schmidt is the former general manager of VW’s U.S. Environment and Engineering Office. He was a key figure in the the company’s efforts to cheat on

Earlier this year, Volkswagen unveiled a retro-styled microbus concept named the I.D. Buzz. Borrowing several design cues from the iconic VW Type 2 Kombi, the I.D. Buzz was a popular attraction on the auto show circuit. Now, after months of speculation, VW has confirmed the concept will go into production and is expected to hit

The U.S. Justice Department and Volkswagen AG have agreed to a $14.7 billion settlement over the German automaker’s cheating of diesel emissions tests. The settlement will be filed today in a San Francisco, CA federal court, Bloomberg reported. As part of the deal, VW will offer one of two options to U.S. owners of diesel

Volkswagen AG will buy back about 500,000 diesel vehicles which were part of the emissions scandal that rocked the German automaker last year when it became known the vehicles used illegal software to cheat U.S. emissions law. The new buyback program for applicable diesel vehicles includes versions of the VW Jetta and Golf, as well

The U.S. Justice Department sued Volkswagen for upward of $90 billion Monday, alleging the German automaker intentionally cheated federal emissions testing on several 2.0L and 3.0L diesel vehicles sold in the United States. U.S. lawsuits often settle out of court for fractions of the maximum penalty, but the $90 billion figure is five times higher

Volkswagen cheated emissions tests with about 2.8 million diesel vehicles in its home country of Germany, the company’s transport minister said Friday. That’s about six times as many cars as the 482,000 the embattled automaker admitted to rigging in the United States last week after the Environmental Protection Agency kicked off a global firestorm for

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday as the German automaker reels from the emissions cheating scandal fallout. His successor will likely be appointed Friday. Winterkorn denied involvement in or knowledge of the intentional use of software in 11 million Volkswagen diesel cars designed to trick emissions regulators. That was echoed by Volkswagen’s executive committee. The

Volkswagen cheated emissions tests by installing software on vehicles sold in the U.S. designed to evade regulators, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday. The EPA called the software a “defeat device” that allowed cars to pass Clean Air Act standards despite emitting pollutants up to 40 times the federal threshold. The allegations are specific to about 482,000 diesel-powered