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400,000 VW cars need injectors
- 13/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Around 400,000 Volkswagen cars in the UK will need fuel injectors altered as well as a software fix, according to the UK boss. Paul Willis, UK managing director, said that cars fitted with the 1.6Litre diesel engine would need the injectors modified. Those with the larger 2Litre engine would only need a software [...] -
Diesels could become unaffordable
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The European Commission is trying to get vehicle makers to agree to bigger cuts in emissions from diesel engines. The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said car companies needed enough time to implement changes to emissions testing and the pressure comes in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions [...] -
EU could recall VW money
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The European Investment Bank (EIB) could recall millions in loans made to Volkswagen over its involvement in the ongoing diesel emissions scandal. Werner Hoyer, chief executive of the EIB, said the EU-wide lender was in the process of examining whether any of its funds had been used to help the company cheat [...] -
Transport Secretary issues statement on VW
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following VW's admission about using defeat devices, Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, has highlighted the importance of protecting UK consumer interests. At a meeting of European transport ministers in Luxembourg yesterday (8 October 2015), he continued to press the European Commission to introduce [...] -
VW knew about emissions in 2014
- 08/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen's US boss, Michael Horn, has admitted he was aware early last year of the emissions cheating affecting millions of the company's vehicles. Horn said he was told about a ‘possible emissions non-compliance’ in the spring of 2014. The revelation was made in testimony due to be presented to a [...] -
VW recall to start in January
- 07/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen expects to start a recall of cars affected by the emissions scandal in January, according to newly appointed chief executive, Matthias Mueller. All affected cars will be fixed by the end of 2016, he told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and added that only a few employees have been [...] -
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, [...] -
Consumers won’t incur extra diesel tax
- 02/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The government has announced today, 2 October 2015, that UK taxpayers will not incur higher Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) if their existing vehicles are found to be fitted with illegal software that manipulates emissions tests. Following VW’s admission of using ‘defeat devices’ in diesel cars, there is an ongoing [...] -
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 [...] -
Negative sentiment surrounding VW soars
- 01/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following Volkswagen's admission that nearly 11 million of its cars are fitted with the software that dupes diesel emissions testing, there has been a considerable rise in the negative sentiment expressed towards the company via social media. Roughly 122K tweets were analysed surrounding the VW revelations. On [...]