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VCA in conflict of interest?
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The body in charge of examining the practices of the motor industry following the Volkswagen emissions scandal has come under fire after it emerged that almost 70 per cent of its funding comes from the companies it is investigating. According to its latest annual report, the Vehicle Certification Agency receives [...] -
Chancellor says crisis won’t hurt Germany
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she does not think that the Volkswagen emission scandal will hurt Germany's image in the long-term. The chancellor admitted that the emission fraud committed by the car manufacturer was ‘dramatic’, but said that the industry in Germany overall will be affected. ‘It is, [...] -
More VM’s involved in DieselGate?
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Four major vehicle manufacturers have been drawn into the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal after Government-funded research revealed that their engines are emitting toxic fumes at up to seven times the legal limit. The Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds University tested hundreds of new diesel cars on UK [...] -
VW takes 4,000 cars off UK market
- 02/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen is suspending the sale of 4,000 vehicles in the UK as a result of the diesel emissions scandal. The German carmaker said the move will involve vehicles across the VW group including the VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat brands. VW said it was a temporary measure and that it intended to return the vehicles for [...] -
‘Diesel cars killing people’
- 01/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Former science minister Lord Drayson has said that Tony Blairs labour government made a mistake in promoting diesel cars as they are now ‘killing people’. Back in 2001, the then Chancellor Gordon Brown introduced lower vehicle tax for diesel cars, on the grounds that they were less polluting and this tax break [...] -
VW say 1.2m UK vehicles affected
- 30/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen has announced how many of its vehicles sold in the UK are affected by the software behind the emissions scandal. VW have quoted a figure of 1,189,906, including cars with the VW brand, Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW vans. In the next few days the company will give the vehicle identification numbers to [...] -
VW saga continues
- 29/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following yesterday’s revelation that bosch warned Volkswagen back in 2007 about using ‘diesel duping’ software, German prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, as two other car manufacturers names are added to the controversy. Audi and Skoda, who both fall [...] -
VW diesel crisis deepens
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following last week’s news that Volkswagen admitted tampering with diesel emission ratings in the US, and possibly worldwide, new leaked documents show that Bosch, warned VW in 2007 over the legality of ‘defeat devices’. The German engineering firm, is said to have explained in a memo to VW that use of the [...] -
VW CEO resigns over diesel scandal
- 23/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagens CEO Martin Winterkorn has announced his resignation following the admission that the company tampered with diesel emission ratings in the US. ‘I am shocked by the events of the past few days. Above all, I am stunned that misconduct on such a scale was possible in the Volkswagen Group.’ ‘As CEO [...] -
VW board gathers for crisis meeting
- 23/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Senior directors of Volkswagen are due to meet to discuss what action to take after the company was caught manipulating its diesel car emissions tests. Volkswagen faces multiple probes in the US by the Department of Justice, which could result in huge financial losses for the firm. The German carmaker has [...]