Germany’s biggest car manufacturer also has a sideline in currywurst. In 2015 the scandal-hit company sold more of the spicy sausages than they did cars.
The US government sued Volkswagen Monday for installing equipment on nearly 600,000 diesel cars that intentionally subverted clean-air regulations, resulting in excess harmful emissions.
German car giant Volkswagen, scrambling to
contain a massive pollution test cheating scandal, said on Sunday it would begin
rotating staff to keep better tabs on its operations.
He quit his job as head of Volkswagen after the company was found to have cheated pollution tests on a mass scale. But German media report Martin Winterkorn is still picking up his multi-million euro salary.
Germany's transport minister said on Sunday that in the wake of the Volkswagen emission cheating scandal, major automakers would have to disclose their engine software to state regulators.
German auto giant Volkswagen, mired in a massive emissions cheating scandal, said Monday that it has found technical solutions for more than 90 percent of the vehicles affected in Europe.
Frustrated European officials alerted the US to Volkswagen's emissions cheating scam after the European Commission failed to act on the intel for years, German media reported on Friday.
German authorities said on Wednesday that they have measured excessive levels of exhaust emissions in several manufacturers' vehicles, in a revelation that could see the scandal around Volkswagen grow to encompass other firms.
Around 98,000 Volkswagen-produced cars with petrol engines had the results of emissions tests 'manipulated', Transport Minister Alexander Dobrint told the Bundestag (German parliament) on Wednesday.
Shares in Volkswagen tumbled on the Frankfurt stock exchange Tuesday amid new accusations in the ever-widening emissions cheating scandal, but the German auto giant adamantly denied the new charges.
Volkswagen sales in Germany have increased in the month since it emerged that the car giant tricked emissions authorities for years by using illegal software in its diesel engines.
UPDATED: Volkswagen said on Thursday that its most recent model of diesel motor was "definitely not manipulated" using software designed to defeat regulators' emissions testing.
A group of leading environmental organizations called on Monday for the German government to implement more comprehensive pollution tests for cars in the wake of Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal.
Police have raided Volkswagen's French headquarters over an investigation into the massive pollution-cheating scandal that has engulfed the German auto giant, a judicial source said Sunday.
German prosecutors said on Friday they had identified fewer than 10 suspects in the massive pollution-cheating scandal that has engulfed Volkswagen, as the auto giant announced a drop in worldwide sales.
Italian police on Thursday raided Volkswagen's main office in the country and those of its sports car unit Lamborghini in connection with the investigation into the company's rigging of emissions tests.
Volkswagen will be required to recall 2.4 million cars under orders from German authorities, after a proposed time-frame laid out by the car manufacturer was rejected.
An internal investigation at Volkswagen (VW) has revealed that at least 30 managers were involved in the company's cheating on emissions testing for its diesel vehicles, Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.
German auto giant Volkswagen said Tuesday it would slash its annual investment budget by €1 billion for its main VW brand in the wake of the pollution-cheating scandal.
German police raided auto giant Volkswagen's headquarters and other sites Thursday, as part of an investigation into a massive pollution-cheating scandal engulfing the group.
The new chief of embattled carmaker Volkswagen said the recall of diesel cars affected by the pollution cheating scandal could start by January and end by the end of 2016.
German prosecutors said Thursday that they had not launched a formal inquiry against Martin Winterkorn, the former chief executive of auto giant Volkswagen, contrary to what they originally stated this week.
Renowned Swedish scientist and environmental campaigner Per KĂĄgeson has spoken about a warning he made almost two decades ago, regarding car makers rigging emissions tests.
