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Volkswagen asks U.S. Supreme Court to reverse ruling on local emissions claims REUTERS Volkswagen AG and a German auto supplier on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that said two counties could seek financial penalties over excess diesel emissions that could total billions of dollars.

VW will appeal $20M Spanish diesel compensation ruling AUTO NEWS EUROPE A Spanish court has ordered Volkswagen to pay 16.3 million euros ($19.8 million) in compensation to people in Spain who bought cars with emissions-cheating devices installed, consumer group OCU said. VW will appeal the ruling, a company spokesman said.

Death of diesel looms as carmakers accelerate to electric future REUTERS The world’s biggest diesel engine factory in Tremery, eastern France, is undergoing a radical overhaul - it’s switching to make electric motors. From less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to around 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach 900,000 a year - or more than half the plant’s peak pre-pandemic output - by 2025.

Ex-VW Manager Released Early From Diesel-Rigging Prison Term BLOOMBERG Former Volkswagen AG executive Oliver Schmidt, whose 2017 arrest at the Miami airport made global headlines, was released from prison after serving a bit more than half his sentence on charges related to the diesel-emissions scandal.

Volkswagen faces EU fine for missing 2020 emissions targets REUTERS Volkswagen faces a fine of more than 100 million euros ($121 million) for missing EU targets on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its 2020 passenger car fleet, the world’s largest carmaker said on Thursday.

Toyota settles U.S. probe into delayed emissions defect reports for $180 million REUTERS Toyota Motor Corp settled a lengthy Justice Department civil probe into its delayed filing of emissions-related defect reports for $180 million, the government said on Thursday.

How Buttigieg Might Start The #MeToo Movement In Automotive Safety Design FORBES

550,000 pickups are cheating on diesel emissions. Emissions testing might not be enough to stop them THE DAY Federal investigators estimate hundreds of thousands of Americans have illegally rigged their diesel pickups to collectively emit 16 times the level of pollution they otherwise would have over the last 10 years, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The FTC said on Monday that buyers of polluting Volkswagen AG vehicles received more than $9.8 billion in settlements

Fuel Pump Issue-A Must Read For Toyota, Honda Car Owners

The hybrid cars may not enter a failsafe mode in the event the hybrid system exhibits a fault

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Volkswagen Group cannot escape potential financial penalties from two counties in Florida and Utah

Germany's highest civil court has ruled that Volkswagen must pay compensation

Millions of Kia and Hyundai owners are one step closer to receiving a piece of the nearly $760 million settlement

fines and file criminal complaints against Mercedes, Nissan and Porsche

lawsuit filed against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles alleges the automaker knowingly sold vehicles with defects

Technologies used by Volkswagen to rig vehicle emissions tests should be considered illegal

Nearly all U.S. owners of affected cars agreed to take part in a $25 billion settlement in 2016 in the United States

European Union judge says car buyers should be able to sue Germany-based Volkswagen

In the suit, which was filed on Friday, owners of the Toyota cars contend that the braking system intermittently fails