News Personnel Announcements News Group Wolfsburg, 30 January 2018 Volkswagen draws first consequences as a result of animal tests Volkswagen has drawn the first consequences in connection with the animal tests financed by the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT e.V., Europäische …more
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Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler diesel monkey tests: brands have ‘blood on their hands’
German car makers have admitted an organisation of theirs used monkeys in diesel fume tests German manufacturers admitted to financing a study that was designed to prove emissions were lower by forcing animals to breathe in exhaust fumes Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler have “blood on their hands” because of the deaths caused by excessive nitrogen oxide emissions… Continue reading Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler diesel monkey tests: brands have ‘blood on their hands’
VW, BMW and Daimler in the criticism: The gloomy truth about the monkey experiments of the auto industry
A study report provides insights into exactly how the car manufacturers’ experiments with animals were carried out. Monkeys that had to breathe in diesel exhaust fumes were damaged much more than expected.
Volkswagen offers two-step wage increase in German pay talks
The German carmaker has proposed a 30-month wage contract for about 120,000 staff, with the two-step salary increase starting in May, it said in a written statement published after talks with the IG Metall labour union.
VW suspends media chief amid scandal over fume tests on monkeys
Move follows report carmaker used animals to demonstrate diesel emissions technology The carmaker Volkswagen has suspended its head of external relations and sustainability after admitting that he had known about experiments in which monkeys were locked in small chambers and exposed to diesel exhaust. Thomas Steg, a former government spokesman who worked for German chancellor… Continue reading VW suspends media chief amid scandal over fume tests on monkeys
Volkswagen suspends executive over monkey trials
VW has suspended its head of external relations and sustainability over experiments using monkeys
Tests on humans: Volkswagen suspends a senior official
An organization funded by Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler has inhaled nitrogen dioxide to humans.
Group 1 Automotive Acquires Two Additional Dealerships in El Paso, Texas
HOUSTON, Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI), (“Group 1” or the “Company”), an international, Fortune 500 automotive retailer, today announced the expansion of its business presence in the El Paso, Texas market with the acquisition of two new dealerships. The dealerships are Audi El Paso and Subaru El Paso, and are expected to generate approximately… Continue reading Group 1 Automotive Acquires Two Additional Dealerships in El Paso, Texas
VW condemned for testing diesel fumes on humans and monkeys
Volkswagen (VW) VW condemned for testing diesel fumes on humans and monkeys Experiments involved monkeys and humans breathing in exhaust fumes for hours at a time The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said VW’s diesel experiments on humans and monkeys were ‘not ethically justifiable in any shape or form’. Photograph: Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images Volkswagen, the world’s… Continue reading VW condemned for testing diesel fumes on humans and monkeys
VW Customers Don’t Give a Monkeys about Diesel Cheating Animal Testing
A bizarre incident involving the testing of diesel exhaust fumes on a group of cartoon-watching monkeys, and possibly humans too, has catapulted the Volkswagen AG emissions scandal back onto newspaper front pages. But public outrage, though warranted, may well ring hollow this time. When Volkswagen admitted rigging about 11 million vehicle engines in 2015, I assumed the German… Continue reading VW Customers Don’t Give a Monkeys about Diesel Cheating Animal Testing