Volkswagen diesel scandal
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Volkswagen is under scrutiny after ending the contract of a prominent historian.
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What will VW do with TDI diesel buyback cars? It's not what you think
Within weeks, Volkswagen and Audi will starting buying back thousands of 2.0-liter diesel cars sold between 2009 and 2015. So what will the company do once it's legally taken possession of those vehicles, the first of close to half a million caught up in the VW diesel emission scandal? It turns out...
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Congressmen question EPA over VW funds for electric-car charging
Two Congressmen join the chorus criticizing Volkswagen funds for electric-car charging.
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Trade-in deals for VW diesel owners taking buyback: our list
Multiple carmakers and dealers are targeting VW TDI owners with incentives.
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VW dealers use diesel buyback to offer deals even before TDI owners bring in cars
A Volkswagen dealer is already offering deals to TDI owners covered by the recently-approved settlement.
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Hyundai targets VW diesel buyback owners with special prices
Hyundai is offering special pricing to VW diesel owners covered by the 2.0-liter TDI settlement.
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The Volkswagen diesel scandal has had wide-ranging impacts globally, and specific local effects in the U.S. vehicle market. No VW Group brand will sell diesel vehicles in North America again any time soon, and most likely ever—meaning Audi, Volkswagen, and Porsche. But the questions around diesel vehicles have spilled over to other makers as well. DON'T MISS: Buybacks coming for Audi Q7 TDI diesel SUVs: German report Last March, before the worst of the diesel scandal had hit, Audi said it would pull its planned A4 TDI diesel sedan from the lineup even before it was released. Now...
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Buybacks coming for Audi Q7 TDI diesel SUVs: German report
Audi will buy back 25,000 Q7 TDI SUVs, according to a German report.
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Battle over VW's $2 billion fund for electric-car charging: sorting out the questions
Yesterday, federal judge Charles Breyer signed the final agreement committing Volkswagen to buy back or modify the 465,000 TDI 2.0-liter diesel vehicles that are the main focus of the VW diesel scandal. As part of that settlement, Volkswagen has also committed to providing $2 billion in funds to...
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Final VW diesel settlement signed; buyback offers to start soon
As expected, yesterday U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer signed the final agreement among Volkswagen, the EPA, and the state of California covering the bulk of VW's diesel emission cheating scandal. The agreement means that buyback offers can now be issued to owners of almost half a million...
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Why VW diesel owners should get full price in buyback: opinion
If Judge Charles Breyer signs the final settlement among Volkswagen, the EPA, and a California agency tomorrow, buyback offers will start to go out sometime next month to owners of almost half a million VW and Audi diesel cars. However, not every owner plans to participate in the settlement. The...
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Judge 'inclined' to sign VW diesel settlement, decision by Oct 25
The judge in charge of the Volkswagen 2.0-liter TDI settlement said he was inclined to grant approval.
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Would electric cars exist without policymakers?
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Virtually all VW diesel owners will take settlement terms for 2.0-liter TDI cars
The vast majority of Volkswagen 2.0-liter TDI owners are expected to take the settlement terms.
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Volkswagen fights demands for Dieselgate documents, Bosch joins too
Volkswagen and Bosch separately opposed requests for Dieselgate documents from European litigants.
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VW Dieselgate one year later: what have we learned about diesel cars?
It's now a year and eight days since the EPA broke the news that Volkswagen had admitted to including "defeat device" software in almost half a million so-called "clean diesel" vehicles sold in the U.S. from 2009 through 2015. That software detected when the cars were undergoing laboratory tests...
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Every diesel brand in Europe emits more than VW, says new report
A new study indicates the majority of European-market diesel cars exceed emissions limits in real-world driving.
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Audi V-6 diesel talks 'progressing well' for October agreement, exec says
Audi's sales boss claims Volkswagen is close to a 3.0-liter V-6 diesel settlement.
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If all goes according to plan, more than 450,000 owners of Volkswagen and Audi sedans, wagons, and hatchbacks with 2.0-liter TDI diesel vehicles from the 2009 through 2015 model years will start to receive buyback offers from VW late this year. Many owners have already indicated that they plan to take the buyout, some as soon as possible. But it turns out that owners acting in their best financial self interest may do better by waiting until the last possible moment to agree to the buyback. DON'T MISS: Most VW diesel owners want the buyback, not a modified car Phil Grate and his wife, who...
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First Volkswagen engineer pleads guilty to diesel emission fraud
A Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty to a charge related to the diesel scandal Friday.
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Study suggests every European diesel maker cheated on EU tests
A new study claims real-world fuel consumption of European-market cars does not line up with official ratings.
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Most VW diesel owners want the buyback, not a modified car
So far, the majority of Volkswagen 2.0-liter TDI owners seem to want buybacks.
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VW promises dealers it will cut prices to boost U.S. sales after diesel debacle
Volkswagen will take measures to boost sales in the wake of the diesel-emissions scandal.
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VW diesel buyback: Here's what it's like to be an owner, so far
A Volkswagen TDI owner in Portland, Oregon, who's a good friend of this site is taking us along for the ride as he prepares to sell back his 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI. The car, which only has 43,000 miles on it, was purchased new from a Portland-area dealer and maintained very well. Our...
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