Sentences with phrase «by dieselgate»

The bad press generated by dieselgate prompted VW to drop nearly all forms of motorsport to pursue a new, cleaner electric car agenda.

Not exact matches

Dieselgate (as it became known) exposed the extent of the pollution problems caused by diesel vehicles, which until recently accounted for half of new car registrations in the EU.

New plans by German carmaker Volkswagen could finally set it free from the troubled years of the «dieselgate» scandal, analysts told CNBC Friday.

On the heels of this morning's news of Dieselgate going international, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is out at Volkswagen and has been replaced by Matthias Müeller, the current CEO of Porsche, according to a report in German magazine Der Tagesspiegel that remains unconfirmed.

Volkswagen vows a «more honest, more open, more truthful» carmaker as former CEO Martin Winterkorn is hit by wave of U.S. Department of Justice charges linked to the car - maker's 2015 «dieselgate» scandal.

Now, as the flames begin to sputter out on the Dieselgate situation, the German automaker looks to reclaim lost ground with its enthusiastic customers, who have burned by the deluge of recalls and buybacks.

Further it has a bad reputation after Dieselgate,» said Dudenhoeffer by email.

I still think Porsche development funds are constrained by the cost of dieselgate.

The Volkswagen Golf may not be regarded as a flagship model but it is an important one to the German automaker as it continues to pick up the pieces left behind by the disaster that was Dieselgate.

When it was revealed, Hyundai hinted the four - door trucklet would be powered by a 2.0 - liter turbodiesel four - cylinder engine (this was before the Volkswagen Dieselgate affair) and cost well below $ 40,000.

CO2 emissions are rated at 153g / km, making it the cleanest vehicle on test [Ed: note that the V6 diesel engine in the Q7 is not affected by the Volkswagen Group's «Dieselgate» scandal].

This follows 2015's high - profile «Dieselgate» exposé in which the company was found to have cheated emissions testing by installing illegal defeat devices in in its EA189 diesel engines from 2009 to 2015.

While not nearly as dramatic as the recent auto scandals by diesel makers like Volkswagen (aka Dieselgate), it's another reminder of the integral role regulatory oversight plays in consumer protection.

Obrie Hostetter, who manages the company's charging solutions team, recently attended a California Air Resources Board meeting in support of using funds from the Volkswagen Dieselgate settlement to bring charging infrastructure to the area, according to emails obtained by The Verge in a public records request.