Sentences with phrase «u.s. emissions tests»

The automaker was caught last year cheating on California and U.S. emissions tests for its four - cylinder diesel engines.

«The Company intends to defend itself vigorously, particularly against any claims that the Company engaged in any deliberate scheme to install defeat devices to cheat U.S. emissions tests,» FCA said.

Volkswagen's scandal over cheating on U.S. emissions tests has expanded to 11 million cars worldwide, has cost the company $ 26 billion in shareholder value so far, and has already claimed CEO Martin Winterkorn, who announced his resignation on Wednesday.

Sources say people responsible for rigging the U.S. emissions tests will be fired starting Friday.

In 2015, Volkswagen admitted it had used special devices designed to skew results on U.S. emissions tests.

A key phase of the standard U.S. emissions test lasts exactly 1,370 seconds.

Not exact matches

The company has confirmed that it will spend an additional $ 1 billion to settle claims in the U.S. over the emissions test scandal.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found in 2015 that Volkswagen manipulated software so that diesel emissions controls worked only when cars were on test stands.

Volkswagen announces a corporate overhaul, while in the U.S., government regulators tighten testing standards in the wake of the emission scandal.

DE), the world's largest automaker by sales, has admitted it had rigged emissions tests in diesel - powered vehicles in the United States and U.S. authorities said on Monday they would widen their probe to other automakers.

Hans Dieter Poetsch was CFO when scandal broke over cars rigged to cheat on U.S. diesel emissions tests

In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Winterkorn was one of six defendants charged in an alleged scheme where they knew VW vehicles did not meet U.S. emissions standards and used software to cheat the U.S. testing process.

Volkswagen's former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was charged in a Michigan federal court with conspiracy and wire fraud in relation to a probe into the German automaker's efforts to cheat U.S. diesel emissions testing, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday...

Volkswagen AG's former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was charged in a Michigan federal court with conspiracy and wire fraud in relation to a probe into the German automaker's efforts to cheat U.S. diesel emissions testing, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government should seek the maximum possible fine from Volkswagen and demand that the automaker give rebates to buyers following the recent scandal over emissions testing.

The group replicated its tests in the U.S., which has stricter emissions limits (Tier 2, Bin 5) than Euro 5 standards in force until this year.

It took another country outside Europe, that is the U.S., to expose VAG and their tainted diesel emissions tests.

Chrysler has not provided any reasons for the delay to mid-2014, but it could be due to certification and testing to meet stringent U.S. regulations for emissions and safety.

Volkswagen reached a $ 14.7 billion settlement with 475,000 U.S. owners of diesel vehicles and federal and California regulators in October after admitting to installing secret software in its diesel cars to cheat emissions tests.

Set to make its public debut at the Paris Motor Show in October, the first Mercedes - Benz dedicated plug - in hybrid model uses a new parallel gasoline - electric drivetrain that is claimed to net the big luxury sedan combined cycle consumption of 84 mpg (U.S.) on the European test cycle while providing it with a zero - emissions electric range of more than 20 miles.

The T4 would, however, likely pass the U.S.» emissions tests as it's powered by the same 3.2 - liter, I - 5, Power Stroke turbodiesel that is offered in the 2015 Ford Transit Van.

Passing the U.S. safety tests and emissions regulations are only the first hurdle.

The settlement applies to nearly a half million U.S. passenger vehicles equipped with «defeat devices» that enable «cheating» in emissions tests (for an overview of Dieselgate, click here).

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with the company's use of software to cheat on diesel emissions tests, the U.S. Justice...