VW
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Volkswagen released details on its 2017 lineup for the U.S. yesterday, including the launch of its crossover-like Golf Alltrack wagon, some new Beetle versions, and greater availability of electronic safety systems across more models. But one entry in the VW lineup was missing. Volkswagen's William Gock confirmed to Green Car Reports yesterday that the company has withdrawn the compact Jetta Hybrid sedan from its U.S. range for 2017. DON'T MISS: 2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack wagon debuts for NY Auto Show First offered as a 2013 model, the Jetta Hybrid paired a single-motor hybrid system and a...
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VW to offer TDI diesel owners $7,000 plus buyback: rumor
With terms of a final settlement between Volkswagen and the EPA on 482,000 TDI diesel vehicles due to be announced next Tuesday, Judge Charles Breyer has imposed a gag order on all parties. That doesn't seem to have stopped unidenitfied sources from talking about possible terms contained in the...
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VW diesel owners have lost $1,500 in value on their cars: price analysis
With full details of the Volkswagen diesel cheating settlement postponed again, VW TDI owners have an extra week to contemplate their diesel cars without knowing what they'll be offered in a buyback. Earlier analyses of used-car pricing data showed that their value as used cars has fallen since the...
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Volkswagen diesel settlement delayed one more week by judge
Next Tuesday was to be the day when owners of almost half a million Volkswagens and Audis learned the final terms VW would offer them to settle hundreds of lawsuits over its diesel-emission cheating software. It won't be. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer gave Volkswagen and the EPA one more week...
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Volkswagen's plan to bounce back? 30 electric cars in 10 years
Roughly a week before the automaker is expected to tell a court how it plans to make amends for lying about cheating diesels, Volkswagen announced Thursday a far-reaching plan to stake the company's future on battery electric vehicles. Last year, the company admitted millions of diesel cars...
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VW diesel settlement: progress being made on details, judge says
The Federal judge overseeing negotiations toward a U.S. settlement of the Volkswagen diesel-emission cheating scandal said Tuesday that good progress was being made toward reaching a final resolution by June 21. The Environmental Protection Agency and Volkswagen are on track to file a final...
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How West Virginia University engineers uncovered Volkswagen's emissions cheating.
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How VW's 3-liter diesel cheat worked; fate unclear for V-6 TDI vehicles
After last month's announcement of a plan that could pull hundreds of thousands of illegally polluting VW Group diesel cars off the road, one out of every six TDI owners is still in limbo. That's because the plan covers only the 482,000 cars equipped with Volkswagen's 2.0-liter 4-cylinder...
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VW diesel 'defeat' software built by Audi, which never used it
Audi developed a "defeat device" in 1999, a new report claims.
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VW diesel buyback: what other automakers paid for used vehicles
A main aspect of the agreement between VW and the EPA to settle its diesel-emission cheating scandal is an offer by Volkswagen to buy back all 482,000 2.0-liter TDI diesel vehicles sold from 2009 through 2015. The details of that agreement won't be made public until June 21, and won't be finalized...
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VW CEO's 'plea for mercy' to Obama over diesel cheating scandal
Sometimes the language and imagery of a news story is so startling that you're drawn to read it despite yourself. (The writer gets double points if it you're lured in without the phrase, "...and you'll never guess what happens next!") A headline and phrase last week in The New York Times happened...
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Volkswagen misses own deadline for diesel-cheating report, now expected by end of year
Ten days ago, a major milestone in the Volkswagen diesel cheating scandal was reached. On Thursday, April 21, VW and the EPA agreed on the broad-stroke outlines of a plan to buy back or modify for 482,000 2.0-liter TDI diesel cars sold from 2009 through 2015. Almost lost in the coverage of that...
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Are there many different ways to reduce the carbon associated with road vehicles? Or are electric vehicles the best and only viable way to proceed? That's the debate at the heart of two different reports on Volkswagen's recent actions in Europe this week. DON'T MISS: VW settlement with EPA announced over diesel emission scandal At the company's annual meeting earlier this week, VW Group CEO Matthias Müller reiterated the company's plans to "make electric cars one of Volkswagen's new hallmarks." The company will have 20 new models that plug in by 2020, he said, according to a report in...
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VW diesel agreement: what we know (and don't know) in 5 questions
Yesterday's news that Volkswagen and the U.S. EPA had reached agreement on a deal to address VW's diesel-emission cheating scandal brought as much confusion as clarity. The carmaker and the regulator said they had agreed on the general outline of a deal to offer owners a choice of either...
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VW settlement with EPA announced over diesel emission scandal (updated)
Volkswagen and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today that they had reached an agreement on a plan to address hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles sold over six years deliberately designed to violate U.S. emission laws. The agreement, released at 8 am California time this morning...
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European fix for VW diesels complies with law, but real-world emissions still too high
Updates to the millions of Volkswagen TDI diesel cars that turned out not to meet European emission regulations were supposed to be well underway by now. German authorities had signed off on the modifications—software updates and for one group of engines, a new plastic insert to alter...
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Diesel scandal hurts VW sales in Europe and U.S., not China
Volkswagen sales declined in the U.S. and Germany, but increased in China.
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VW diesel fallout: hot-selling Porsche Macans finally certified by EPA
The 2017 Porsche Macan was held up due to a lengthy emissions-certification process.
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Nine days remain until the deadline imposed by a judge for Volkswagen and two regulatory agencies to agree on the outline of a plan to modify vehicles affected by the diesel-emission scandal. That deadline was already postponed once, but whether VW, the EPA, and the powerful California Air Resources Board can come to an agreement on how to update almost 600,000 vehicles remains in doubt. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer imposed the original date, March 24, in February, saying, "Six months is enough"—and then postponed it to April 21 at the request of all three parties. DON'T MISS: VW...
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Diesel scandal to hurt plug-in hybrids, former Fiat exec says
A former Fiat powertrain-research boss says new emissions test may hurt plug-in hybrids.
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VW dealers' reparations talks with company: no deal so far
Volkswagen dealers met with executives at the recent National Automobile Dealers Association convention.
Stephen Edelstein -
1967 Volkswagen Beetle 'eBug' electric car first drive
Richard Hugo, of Carpinteria, California, may be the only Tesla Model S owner in the world who prefers to drive his other car. But it’s not as crazy as it sounds; his second set of wheels is a gorgeous blue 1967 Volkswagen Beetle that he’s converted to electric power. It gets just as...
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European VW diesel update halted, lower fuel economy at fault?
A Volkswagen diesel recall in Germany was halted, and reports say it's because the update may lower fuel economy.
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The other VW diesel victims: dealers take woes to Wolfsburg
U.S. VW dealers met with company bosses in Germany to talk about fallout from the diesel scandal.
Stephen Edelstein