Volkswagen has come to a settlement with 10 US states in relation to environmental claims made as a result of the diesel emissions cheating scandal, according to recent reports.
As part of its court settlements with with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Volkswagen will build around 400 electric vehicle fast-charging stations in the US, according to reports.
Following earlier news that France’s DGCCRF has apparently found that Renault has been involved in diesel vehicle emissions testing manipulation for around 25 years now, the French consumer watchdog organization has revealed that a similar investigation into Opel has come up empty.
In other words, no evidence was found that Opel has been involved in the manipulation of diesel vehicle emissions testing.
Ferdinand Piech, formerly the Chairman of Volkswagen group (until mid-2015), recently made some interesting comments seemingly implicating the Prime Minister of the German state of Lower Saxony (the second largest stakeholder in VW), amongst others, in the diesel emissions testing cheating scandal.
The France-based auto manufacturer PSA Group has been referred to prosecutors for suspected diesel emissions testing cheating fraud, according to recent reports. The news follows earlier reports that fellow French firm Renault has been referred to prosecutors for suspected criminal activity as well.
The supervisory board of Volkswagen Group is threatening to file a lawsuit against former chairman Ferdinand Piech for his recent comments that the firm’s top execs were aware of the use of defeat devices for the defrauding of regulatory bodies during vehicle emissions testing — well before they were discovered by outsiders.
Authorities in the European country of Luxembourg have launched new criminal proceedings relating to the ongoing Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal, following the initial findings of investigations based around the EA 189 engine made by Audi/Volkswagen.
The German automotive parts supplier Bosch has entered into a $327.5 million (~€304 million) settlement agreement with civil suit claimants in the US relating to the company’s involvement in the Volkswagen diesel emissions fraud scandal, according to a press release from the company.
Yet another of the top auto-manufacturers in Europe, Renault, is now facing a criminal investigation in France related to possible diesel emissions test manipulation, according to recent reports.
The head of diesel competence at Volkswagen AG from 2008 until June 2016, James Robert Liang, has entered a guilty plea to a grand jury indictment of conspiracy to defraud the US government, to commit wire fraud, and to violate the Clean Air Act, according to recent reports. The maximum … [continued]
