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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 install charging or fueling infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles. The clock now starts ticking on a 120-day deadline for the company to submit its initial plan for spending that money over the next 10 years, starting with activities proposed for the first quarter. DON'T MISS: Final VW diesel...
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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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Future VW electric-car concepts revealed in patent drawings
As it tries to recover from the "Dieselgate" scandal, Volkswagen has gotten more serious about electric cars. At the recent 2016 Paris Motor Show, it unveiled the I.D. compact electric-car concept, and promised a future production model based on it. Now, it appears the ID could be the first of...
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VW 'annoyed' it won't get order for electric vans it didn't make
Suppose you're one of the world's three largest automakers. You don't offer a type of vehicle that a relatively small but highly visible customer in your home market wants. Do you have the right to be annoyed if that customer designs those vehicles itself? DON'T MISS: USPS picks AM General to help...
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The vast majority of Volkswagen 2.0-liter TDI owners are expected to take the settlement terms.
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More VW court misery: Jetta Hybrid braking suit won't be arbitrated
A lawsuit related to the Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid won't go to arbitration.
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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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Volkswagen ID: more details of all-electric concept car at Paris Motor Show
This morning, Volkswagen held one of the first press conferences at the Paris Motor Show, unveiling the first of several electric cars from different makers. Its Volkswagen I.D. Concept is a preview of a high-volume battery-electric hatchback that will hit the market in 2020, priced "par with...
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VW shows renderings of ID electric-car concept for Paris Motor Show
Volkswagen presently sells just one all-electric car under its own brand in multiple markets, the e-Golf electric variant of its well-known five-door compact hatchback. But in the wake of continuing fallout from the Volkswagen diesel scandal, the company is wrenching itself toward a more electric...
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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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BMW and Volkswagen recently completed their East Coast and West Coast DC fast-charging corridors.
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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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Why VW diesel buyback pays owners to keep their cars for two more years
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...
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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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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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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 owner, who we're not naming to avoid any complications with his sale back to VW, said he bought it because of the ample power and very good fuel economy—a common tale. READ MORE: VW diesel deal: what should I do? Take buyback? Wait for updates? "I’d run my car forever if it didn’t...
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Audi, VW, Porsche 3.0-liter diesel owners won't hear a thing until November
The next milestone in Volkswagen 3.0-liter TDI negotiations is a November 3 hearing.
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VW customer satisfaction plummeted, now near the bottom
Volkswagen's scored in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Automobile Report slipped by about 3 percent.
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What advice would you give a friend with a VW diesel? Our poll results
It's the question on hundreds of thousands of VW diesel owners' minds: what should I do? Should I simply sell the car back to Volkswagen, now that I know what amount I'm likely to be offered, or should I wait to find out what any modifications might entail? An article we did three weeks ago looking...
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Oversight of $2 billion VW electric-car funds required, charging companies say
A group of charging-network operators criticizes provisions of the preliminary Volkswagen diesel settlement.
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VW diesel acts were likely criminal, U.S. finds; settlement talks underway
The proposed $15 billion settlement between Volkswagen and regulators over its emission-cheating diesel cars is winding toward final approval, but VW's miseries are far from over. U.S. attorneys have been investigating the company and its introduction of "defeat device" software to pass EPA...
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