Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges on Wednesday against six Volkswagen executives for their role in the company's emissions scandal, troubled Japanese supplier announced new repair schedules for several million inflators currently under recall
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to resolve its diesel emissions troubles and plans to plead guilty to criminal misconduct, investigators knew they were on the cusp of a rare feat: the arrest of an overseas corporate executive accused of wrongdoing.
on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, knew about emissions cheating two months before the scandal broke, GM's current iteration — known as New GM — should still be responsible for the conduct of its predecessor
Volkswagen AG and the U.S. Justice Department are nearing an agreement to resolve the government's civil and criminal investigations that would require the German automaker to pay a penalty of more than $3 billion, sources briefed on the talks told Reuters on Friday. The agreement is not final and could still change or fall apart but a deal could be announced as early as next week.
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Honda has issued a stop-sale order and recalled a total of 641,302 Odyssey minivans in the U.S.
brakes that may fail in certain conditions, nearing a criminal settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and is expected to pay up to $1 billion
Autoliv, which says its products are in 1,300 auto models around the world, did not specify which automakers would be affected.
11 million of its vehicles were equipped with software that was used to cheat on emissions tests. The company is now contending with the fallout
8,000 2017 Super Duty trucks that do not contain a proper fuel tank strap, complaints that Smart ForTwo vehicle engines catch fire and quickly consume the cars, Volkswagen has reached a deal with U.S. regulators to repair or buy back a total of 83,000 vehicles
For the older vehicles, Volkswagen is required to offer to buy back the vehicles or terminate leases, and must also offer an emissions modification to substantially reduce emissions, costs of buybacks, fixes and diesel offsets were about $1 billion
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching an investigation into about 1 million newer Fiat Chrysler Ram pickup trucks and SUVs after receiving complaints the vehicles rolled away after being parked, it said on Tuesday.
Over 45m vehicles subject to safety recalls between 2013 and 15 not yet repaired at summer's end 2016, test results which show much higher emissions when the conditions of the official test are slightly changed.
indicates models were designed to pass the test, but not to be clean during normal driving
GM asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court's ruling that the automaker's 2009 bankruptcy does not shield it from lawsuits, Audi's top-selling model released excessive toxic diesel emissions, some companies have been selling brand new vehicles with faulty airbags
Expressing renewed concern about the pace of the recall, which is the largest ever for the U.S. auto industry, are proposing to give automakers at least four years to comply from the time it is finalized and would require automakers to ensure all vehicles "speak the same language through a standard technology
The reversal of AutoNation's decision to not sell new or used vehicles with pending recalls is as disappointing as it is understandable, The problem affects the 2010 through 2014 models of the Chevrolet Tahoe Police Pursuit SUV.
German regulators are investigating whether Porsche illegally manipulated fuel-economy data on its vehicles, potentially opening a new front in parent Volkswagen AG's emissions-cheating scanda
nation's largest auto dealership group abandoned its pledge to not sell used vehicles with unrepaired safety recalls, South Korea said it will file criminal complaints against five former and current executives at Volkswagen
The Renault-Nissan alliance is replacing its top executive in charge of combining the carmakers' engines and gearboxes, sources told Reuters, as tightening emissions regulations expose the slow pace of integration so far, collision increased scrutiny of the boat-buses, which have been involved in several deadly crashes
Dozens of Volkswagen AG officials in Germany have hired U.S. criminal defense lawyers as the Justice Department ramps up meetings with managers to gather evidence that may lead to charges against executives, people familiar with the matter said.
