The phrase
"emissions scandal" refers to a situation where a company or industry has been dishonest about the amount of harmful pollutants it releases into the environment. It often involves misleading or manipulating emission tests to show lower pollution levels than actually produced. This scandal can have significant negative impacts on the environment and people's health.
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The move is seen as an attempt for the company to make a break with the
diesel emission scandals that rocked the company and led to hefty penalties.
Commercial litigation counsel Steven Richard is quoted throughout this article about how two Providence lawyers paved the way for plaintiffs» attorneys across the country to keep consumer lawsuits relating to the Volkswagen diesel
emissions scandal in state court and out of federal multidistrict litigation in California, by suing local dealerships rather than the manufacturer.
LINK: VW says rogue engineers, not executives, responsible
for emissions scandal (by David Cravats for Ars Technica)
Solicitors Harcus Sinclair and Slater and Gordon are leading the group litigation against Volkswagen following the diesel
emissions scandal which has affected 1.2 million Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, and Skoda vehicles in the UK.
CARS.COM — Federal and state regulators on Friday approved a fix for a significant number of 2015 Volkswagen diesel engines involved in the automaker's
ongoing emissions scandal.
Since the Volkswagen
emissions scandal erupted last week, there's been a tendency to liken it to other automotive outrages of recent years — GM and its ignition switches, Toyota and its gas pedals, Honda and its airbags.
Look at European automaker Volkswagen (OTC: VLKPY)- the company's
emissions scandal broke in September 2015 bringing the stock down to $ 20 per share as the news came out.
The newly appointed CEO of Volkswagen attempted to move the company on from the «difficult and painful watershed» of diesel
emissions scandal by...
The Volkswagen
emissions scandal continues to cause trouble for the German automaker, with hefty payouts and recalls, but now, car sales have slowed as trust in the automaker startsto dwindle.
Audi and Porsche have scaled down their Le Mans 24 Hour racing programmes as a consequence of cost - cutting associated with the VW
Group emissions scandal - and as a result British race winner Nick Tandy will not be able to defend his crown with Porsche.
That was of course, all before the diesel
emissions scandal claimed several upper - echelon executives, including Heinz - Jakob Neusser, the source of this information.
The automaker says diesels are critical to meeting European CO2 targets, and the engines remain popular even in the face of
recent emissions scandals.
- Volkswagen
AG emissions scandal reached the highest echelons of the company on Thursday after its former chief executive was charged with conspiracy in the company's rigging of diesel vehicles to feign compliance with federal pollution standards.
Volkswagen has had a hard enough time consistently selling cars in the U.S. over the last decade, and neither its
ugly emissions scandal nor this moderately refreshed Passat are going to do much to turn the tide.
Fundamentals have improved since last year, when EU growth concerns and Volkswagen's
emissions scandal weighed heavily on investment prospects.
As part of the interview, Fields stressed the importance of greener vehicles as a means to combat global pollution air pollution, especially while United States and European emissions regulations tighten up following Volkswagen's costly and extremely
damaging emissions scandal.
VW's
emissions scandal surprised many, but it had been brewing for awhile, says Paul Nieuwenhuis, co-director of Cardiff University's Electric Vehicle Center of Excellence
Easily spotted on the mobile web: holiday ad next to plane crash story; Muslim dating ad next to KKK story; beauty ad next to domestic violence story; car ad next to
emissions scandal story.
The Volkswagen
emissions scandal takes another turn as South Korean officers arrested an executive as part of investigations into the automaker.
Government regulators have been inspecting diesel vehicles more closely ever since VW's
emissions scandal came to light.
In an effort to move beyond the automaker's
costly emissions scandal, Audi, Volkswagen's most profitable brand, plans to cut costs by $ 12 billion by 2022 to help fund the company's shift towards electric vehicles, according to a report by Reuters.
from Maserati to Fiat to Alfa to Dodge / Chrysler etc... their inventory overflow worldwide is second only to GM... the US has just nailed FCA in a DieselGate
like Emissions scandal... cars are collecting dust on dealer lots..
The company desperately needs some buzz to try to regain momentum after the disastrous diesel
emissions scandal upended both its product plans and consumer confidence around the world.
The German carmaker also seems to have finally realised the need of an India - spec car to strengthen its standing in the subcontinent and to regain the some of the trust of the region's customers that it had lost after the
infamous emission scandal.
despite VW's
emissions scandal other automakers still support the diesel engine... ZF wants your car to automatically steer away from an accident....
The German automaker had been a dominant force in endurance racing for more than a decade, but the high cost of its parent company's diesel
emissions scandal left Audi without the cash to continue.
-- February 2016 YTD Sales: down 16.2 % to 2,164 — Without the option to sell previously popular TDI diesel models, Volkswagen Golf sales inevitably decreased following the diesel
emissions scandal eruption last September.
After being dragged into the Volkswagen
emissions scandal earlier this week, Porsche has suspended U.S. sales of its diesel - powered Cayennes from the 2014 through 2016 model years.
The Volkswagen
emissions scandal centres on the finding that the company fitted diesel cars with software that would rig US emissions tests to allow it to sell cars in the States that would otherwise breach environmental laws.
The article analyzes the indictment of James Liang, the first VW executive to be hit with criminal charges arising from the company's
worldwide emissions scandal.
New Mexico AG Latest to File Suit Against Volkswagen: Volkswagen already faces more than 500 lawsuits from individuals and car dealers, as well as suits brought by the U.S. Justice Department and attorneys general in Texas and West Virginia, over the
alleged emissions scandal.
Aman Johal, director of Your Lawyers said of the upcoming court date: «It is time that victims of Volkswagen's
emissions scandal achieve justice and that their voices are heard.
Made in America for Americans, the US - spec Volkswagen Passat was refreshed for the 2016 model year, but the
Dieselgate emissions scandal has cancelled the Passat's unique selling point in the States, with 2.0 - liter TDI models barred from sale for the moment.
Porsche discontinued the available diesel engine in 2016 following the VW Group emissions scandal
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