Tag: VW

German prosecutors register BMW headquarters on suspicion of handling emissions

Posted 3/3/2018 6:24:58 PM MUNICH (GERMANY), Mar. 20 (Reuters / EP) – German prosecutors have registered on Tuesday BMW headquarters in Munich on suspicion that the car firm used an “illegal” software capable of manipulating the levels of emissions of their vehicles. Nearly 100 policemen and law enforcement agents recorded the German manufacturer’s facilities in… Continue reading German prosecutors register BMW headquarters on suspicion of handling emissions

UPDATE 1-BMW searched by German police in emissions swoop

FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) – BMW’s headquarters were raided on Tuesday by German prosecutors investigating the suspected use of illegal emissions control software capable of manipulating exhaust levels. A car with the BMW logo badge is seen on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst About 100… Continue reading UPDATE 1-BMW searched by German police in emissions swoop

Volkswagen again targeted by justice

New searches at Volkswagen. Investigators from the prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig searched and seized documents in 13 offices at the manufacturer’s headquarters in Wolfsburg in early March, the weekly Wirtschaftswoche reported on Tuesday. The prosecution suspects the group of having published in December 2015 false information on the CO2 emission levels of some of its… Continue reading Volkswagen again targeted by justice

VW should have played down further emissions problems

Prosecutors have again searched the VW headquarters, trigger is a dubious stock market announcement of the Group. Should investors be misled by the extent of the irregularities in C02 emissions? Getty Images Symbolic Tuesday, 20.03.2018 15:40 clock No respite for Volkswagen: The prosecutor Braunschweig has again on suspicion of market manipulation Searched offices in the… Continue reading VW should have played down further emissions problems

VW's 'SUV offensive' means more work for Tennessee plant

Volkswagen released this image of a concept version of a new 5-passenger SUV based on its 7-passenger Atlas SUV. The vehicle will debut at the New York auto show in late March 2018. A production version will be manufactured at VW’s Chattanooga, Tenn. plant. (Photo: Volkswagen) CLOSE American brands need to step it up. Time… Continue reading VW's 'SUV offensive' means more work for Tennessee plant

German prosecutors raid VW over carbon dioxide emissions

Berlin: German authorities said Thursday they had again raided the headquarters of the world’s largest carmaker Volkswagen in a probe over financial market manipulation related to excessive exhaust emissions from its vehicles. “Papers and large volumes of data” were confiscated from 13 VW offices in Wolfsburg early this month, a spokesman for Brunswick prosecutors told… Continue reading German prosecutors raid VW over carbon dioxide emissions

German prosecutor suspects that Volkswagen lied about the scope of the case of diversion of CO2 emissions

Posted 03/20/2018 11:43:22 PM BERLIN, Mar. 20 (Reuters / EP) – The prosecutor’s office in Brunswick (Germany) has expanded its investigation into the case of diversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from some Volkswagen vehicles, suspecting that the German brand lied about its true extent and that it had incurred a manipulation of the market.… Continue reading German prosecutor suspects that Volkswagen lied about the scope of the case of diversion of CO2 emissions

Diesel scandal: New searches shake Volkswagen

Volkswagen in Wolfsburg VW is already battling with shareholders who are misled by the group because of too late information on the exhaust gas scandal on 22 September 2015. (Photo: AP) Of the VWGroup does not rest. As has now become known, the prosecution in Braunschweig in another case for more punishable acts Volkswagen, This… Continue reading Diesel scandal: New searches shake Volkswagen