Sentences with word «dieselgate»

Especially after Dieselgate scandal.

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this morning's news of Dieselgate going international, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is out at Volkswagen and has been replaced by Matthias Müeller, the current CEO of Porsche, according to a report in German magazine Der Tagesspiegel that remains unconfirmed.

It was said to be greenlit for production and even after Dieselgate broke it appeared as if the Golf R400 was still going to be built, this according to a January report from Autobild.

It follows the hugely publicised Dieselgate emissions scandal that has clearly hit VW's motorsport involvement hard.

Volkswagen sales won't recover from Dieselgate for several years, anyway, so you might work on selling niche models at a slight premium over Toyota and Honda and use the brand as a consumer springboard to Audi, where all the money is.

The Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal also highlighted how diesel cars can emit more on the road than in the laboratory tests.

The great thing about this whole dieselgate thing is, VW admitted that they lied about it, and has promised to make it right.

Even then, it won't be as much fun to drive as the diesel Golfs and Jettas, which haven't been available since dieselgate news broke.

After dieselgate broke, Volkswagen said that electric vehicles would help it weather the scandal.

Jim Holder's opinion piece on Dieselgate has it nailed, I think.»

Volkswagen's about - turn following dieselgate continues apace, and the company is now pairing with Nvidia for its future smart vehicle technologies.

Schulz said he intended to strengthen consumers» right to sue companies, using the example of diesel drivers being able to sue the Volkswagen Group following the diesel scandal, known as Dieselgate.

Ex-Volkswagen chief executive officer, Martin Winterkorn, has been charged by prosecutors with conspiracy and wire fraud in relation to the German automaker's never - ending Dieselgate scandal, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday.

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.

With dieselgate still fresh in the mind, Audi has finally had to call it quits in the World Endurance Championship, announcing its exit from the series at the end of the 2016 season.

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

Under normal circumstances, the Passat would have ranked higher in our ranking but the recent Dieselgate scandal has tarnished Volkswagen's image and the Passat's as well.

Dieselgate also they lied for one whole year before being caught.

Parent company Volkswagen is focused on an electric future, especially after how Dieselgate turned out, so expect a slew of EVs in Audi's upcoming portfolio.

GM reported a slight sales increase of 1.3 percent and despite the never - ending Dieselgate saga and now Monkeygate, Volkswagen reported sales of 24,744 vehicles last month, bringing an increase of 5.2 percent over January 2017.

You know what happened to Horn; he left the VW building earlier this week, half a year after Dieselgate erupted and a couple of months after Diess spoke with U.S. dealers at the Detroit show.

Dieselgate budget cuts, you know.

VW suffered more than a flesh wound in the wake of its infamous Dieselgate scandal, but the prescription going forward is to introduce lots of new metal to win back customers.

Dieselgate just saved me the hassle of going to court.

Remember Dieselgate, the VW TDI scandal?

With its aftertreatment system and two years» real - world use in Europe, Whisper Diesel - equipped Chevy Equinoxes and Cruzes ought to find some success in the U.S. market, so long as VW's Dieselgate doesn't continue to tarnish the reputation of the engine type beyond affecting only the German brand.

Before Dieselgate, VW offered its 2.0 - liter TDI in Golfs, Jettas, Passats, even Beetles, but not Tiguans.

Revelation: VW Won't Let Dieselgate Keep it Down Volkswagen of America chief Michael Horn says about 120,000 of the roughly 482,000 2009 - ’15 2.0 - liter diesel buyers have signed up for the company's «customer loyalty» cards.

That tops the Disco's 23 mpg EPA combined rating, and it's 2 mpg short of the highway number, which in a post-VW Dieselgate world is not bad.

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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.

You have to wonder if Volkswagen had originally planned to debut a plug - in hybrid concept of the next generation Tiguan at the Detroit Motor Show, or whether the whole dieselgate mess has -LSB-...]

Compound the loss of appeal with Volkswagen's idiotic Dieselgate scandal and the Scirocco suddenly became expendable in the eyes of the VW Group brain trust.

Mueller is known to have backed electric cars ever since he rose to the helm post Dieselgate.

But just as diesel was enjoying a renaissance — Dieselgate blankets the technology's image in a dark, noxious cloud of deceit.

Volkswagen announced Tuesday it plans to pay up to $ 14.7 billion to settle Dieselgate - related claims.

The team defended the car manufacturer Volkswagen against damage claims brought by investors and in related capital markets disputes following the alleged infringement of disclosure obligations concerning dieselgate, and defended Vossloh against damage claims brought by Deutsche Bahn for alleged illegal antitrust agreements.

In recent work, the team defended the sugar producer Nordzucker against damage claims following antitrust procedures, while Markus Meier and Gerd Sassenrath have been representing Porsche Automobil Holding in several prominent proceedings including the defence against dieselgate - related damage claims, various corporate disputes and in criminal proceedings against former board members.

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.

The VW Group's annual conference reveals Bentley, SEAT, Skoda and Porsche all doing well, while Audi suffers in the wake of dieselgate

While the local auto industry in general continues to grapple with the fallout from Dieselgate, Porsche has a good interim path toward full electric power thanks to the 2018 Panamera 4 E-Hybrid plug - in.

Plus, I have the selfish need of replacing my current hot ride - hope Porsche weathers the whole Dieselgate thing and comes up with magic - like a mid-engine 911, as the» 960» seems to have been deferred too far out.

Blame it on Dieselgate; blame it on the growing acceptance of electrification.

For the first time in front of Canadian media, before we drove up to the track in a fleet of new red and blue Golf Rs, VW officials addressed the «elephant in the room,» also known as Dieselgate.

A federal judge in San Francisco recently approved Volkswagen's $ 14.7 - billion Dieselgate settlement, some 13 months after the German value brand stopped selling TDI models in the United States.

Volkswagen has had a tumultuous year with Dieselgate, but it's moving forward with product and the 2017 Golf Sportwagen Alltrack trim is the first to market.

Despite the recent Dieselgate scandal and funds cutting inside all VAG Group.

Rolling out a new diesel power plant in the aftermath of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal certainly seems less than ideal, but Land Rover is confident its engine meets emission standards thanks in part to its urea - injection system.