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Everything to know about Volkswagen’s emissions crisis
Volkswagen said Tuesday that 11 million of its cars can appear more environmentally-friendly than they are during emissions tests. That revelation came days after the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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EPA to change diesel tests to prevent VW-like cheating
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning wholesale reform of its procedure for testing diesel engines, following revelations that Volkswagen VLKPY installed software in its cars that...
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5 things to know about Volkswagen’s new CEO Matthias Müller
Volkswagen AG named Matthias M?ller as its next CEO Friday following the departure of Martin Winterkorn earlier this week. M?ller, the current head of Volkswagen's luxury sports-car brand Porsche, will...
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The biggest culprit in VW’s emissions scandal
Over the last month, the German automaker, Volkswagen, has been in the hot seat for installing software that covered up diesel emissions during testing by the EPA. As is often the case, the situation...
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Volkswagen cuts its first €1 billion, starts technology overhaul
Scandal-plagued Volkswagen AG VKLAY said its flagship VW brand will roll out more environmentally-friendly electric and hybrid cars and switch all of its diesel ones to new and cleaner technology, in...
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What the VW scandal says about cheating at work
In the wake of the Volkswagen scandal, I can't help but wonder at what point did Volkswagen decide to create illegal software that defrauds vehicle emissions tests. What was the tipping point in...
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Volkswagen’s diesel cheating could cause 60 people to die early
Volkswagen’s scandal in which software dubbed “defeat devices” masked the actual amount of excess diesel emissions in some models may be linked to 60 deaths in the U.S. by next year’s end, according to...
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Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Widens, Includes Porsche, More Audi Models
The Environmental Protection Agency says Volkswagen Group violated the Clean Air Act when it used illegal software in certain six-cylinder diesel engines to circumvent U.S. emissions laws--an...
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Volkswagen Wants More Whistleblowers to Come Forward
Volkswagen reportedly wants to make it easier for its employees to come forward with information--even if they're guilty of malfeasance--to help its internal investigation into the emissions-cheating...
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Volkswagen Has a Fix For Most of Its Emissions-Cheating Cars
Volkswagen says a software update and small piece of hardware will fix the majority of the diesel vehicles in Europe ensnared by an ongoing emissions cheating scandal. The controversy affects an...
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Volkswagen’s Shares Are Getting Hammered As DoJ Gets Tough
Volkswagen AG’s vlkay shares have taken their biggest beating in two months after the scale of the fines facing it in the U.S. for cheating on emissions tests came into focus. VW’s preferred stock fell...
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EPA asks Volkswagen to make electric cars in U.S.
U.S. authorities have asked the German carmaker Volkswagen to produce electric vehicles in the United States as a way of making up for its rigging of emission tests, the German newspaper Welt am...
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Volkswagen Brand Chief “Confident” of Solving Cost-Cutting Row with Labor
Volkswagen’s top brand executive is confident that management and labor will solve a dispute over cost-cutting at the core autos division and signaled readiness on Sunday to meet some of workers’...
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German Prosecutors Are Widening Their Volkswagen Investigation
Prosecutors in the German city of Braunschweig said they had widened their probe into diesel emissions cheating, with 21 current and former Volkswagen staff under investigation. As part of the probe,...
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Italy’s Anti-Trust Agency Fines Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions
Italy’s anti-trust agency said on Monday it had fined German carmaker Volkswagen 5 million euros ($5.54 million) for allegedly misinforming car buyers about diesel emissions results. The Italian...
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Why VW Is In Deep Crisis — And GM Isn’t
Two headlines this morning update my current favorite do-this-not-that study of leadership and culture. Here they are: "U.S. Said to Uncover Evidence of Criminal Acts in VW Probe" "Texas Judge Tosses...
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U.S. Regulator Found Another Cheat Device in Audi Car
A U.S. regulator found software in some Audi vehicles that lowered their carbon dioxide emissions if it detected they were being used under test conditions, Bild am Sonntag reported. The California Air...
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VW Shares Are Popping on News of $4.3 Billion Emissions Settlement Deal
Volkswagen shares rose in early Wednesday trading as investors welcomed news the carmaker is on the cusp of a criminal and civil settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over its emissions test...
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Why Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal Has No End
The astonishing Volkswagen emissions scandal yesterday took another expensive step down its extremely long path to eventual resolution, as the company agreed to pay $4.3 billion to resolve the Justice...
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6 VW Execs Indicted as Carmaker Agrees to $4.3 Billion Diesel Cheat Settlement
Volkswagen has agreed to pay the largest ever U.S. criminal fine levied on an automaker to settle charges that it conspired for nearly 10 years to cheat on diesel emission tests, while prosecutors on...
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