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BERLIN/MUNICH — Audi has discovered emissions-related problems with a further 60,000 cars, it said on Tuesday, dealing a fresh setback to parent Volkswagen more than 2½ years after it first admitted to cheating U.S. diesel exhaust tests. Audi said it had stopped deliveries of A6 and A7 models with a certain type of diesel engine […]
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday unsealed charges against former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating. Volkswagen did not immediately comment. An indictment filed in secret in March was unsealed in U.S. District Court on the same day as Volkswagen’s […]
Enlarge / Martin Winterkorn looks on during the FC Bayern Muenchen Annual General Assembly at Audi-Dome on November 24, 2017 in Munich. (credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images) On Thursday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed a secret March indictment charging Martin Winterkorn, former Volkswagen CEO, with conspiracy to defraud the US government and customers, wire […]
Enlarge (credit: Bosch) Is there still a future for the diesel engine? According to Bosch, the answer is yes—this week the German company announced it had made a breakthrough by combining a number of existing technologies, which means that modern turbodiesel engines can still make good power and deliver excellent fuel efficiencies. At the same […]
In 2014, FCA finally offered a diesel engine in a light-duty truck. The resulting Ram 1500 EcoDiesel was a success, offering V6 fuel economy with V8 capabilities. Other automakers immediately took notice. When the refreshed 2018 Ford F-150 was introduced early in 2017, a Power Stroke diesel variant was announced. Finally, after more than a […]
LONDON — Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will cut around 1,000 jobs and production at two of its English factories due to a fall in sales caused by uncertainty around Brexit and confusion over diesel policy, a source told Reuters. Output will be cut at its central English Solihull and Castle Bromwich plants, affecting […]
After paying billions in fines over an emissions-cheating scandal in the US, Volkswagen now has to park thousands of bought-back diesel automobiles at nearly 40 facilities across America. The German automaker has paid over $ 7.4 billion to buy back nearly 350,000 diesel vehicles in the US as of February, according to the court filing, […]
In an interview with the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain, Olaf Scholz expressed scepticism that changes in taxation – for instance, scrapping tax breaks for diesel as a fuel – would speed moves by the car industry to introduce cleaner cars. He also rejected calls for the government to offer financial incentives to get more clean-burning […]
GETTY Diesel cars reputation is in decline as registrations tumble Diesel cars are at the centre of scrutiny in the car industry at the moment. Ever since awareness of the damaging effects of the fuel type’s emissions were brought to light, public opinion of diesel has plummeted drastically. Motorists in Britain are immensely concerned that […]
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