A federal grand jury in Detroit on Thursday indicted four managers at Volkswagen AG’s luxury Audi unit as part of the government’s probe into the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scandal, according to court documents. VW admitted in September 2015 to secretly setting up software in almost 500,000 U.S. vehicles to cheat government exhaust emissions […]
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Audi fined for 800 million euros for diesel violations
German premium car brand Audi, a division of Volkswagen, stated it was fined 800 million euros ($927 million) on Tuesday for violations associated with heavily polluting six- and eight-cylinder diesel engines. “Considering these special items the Audi Group will largely undercut major financial key performance indicators forecasted for the fiscal year 2018,” Audi stated in […]
Audi recalls almost 5,000 diesel cars in Europe
Audi is recalling nearly 5,000 cars in Europe for a software repair after finding they emitted excessive nitrogen oxide, the polluting gas that parent Volkswagen hidden from U.S. regulators in its 2015 dieselgate scandal. The luxury automaker stated on Thursday it had reported the issue to Germany’s road transport authority KBA, which was worried about […]
Porsche seeks 200 million euro damages from Audi due to dieselgate
Volkswagen’s Porsche brand is looking for 200 million euros ($234 million) in damages from its high-end stablemate Audi over expenses associated with manipulated diesel engines, Bild newspaper reported on Friday. Porsche’s management provided the claim in written form to equivalents at Audi, the newspaper stated without mentioning its source. Audi confessed in November 2015 that […]
Audi reshuffles management board in the aftermath of emissions scandal
Volkswagen’s premium automaker Audi revealed its most significant management reshuffle in years on Monday as it looks for a new beginning in the aftermath of the diesel emissions scandal. Audi, which is the most significant factor of profits to the automaker, said it was replacing finance chief Axel Strotbek, production chief Hubert Waltl, personnels head […]
Munich prosecutors broaden Audi investigation to board level
Munich prosecutors on Friday stated a criminal investigation into diesel manipulation at automaker Audi has now reached the management board level. The investigation is focusing unknown individuals, a spokesperson for the Munich prosecutor’s office stated on Friday. “The investigation is at the level of present and previous Audi board members,” the spokesperson said, adding that […]
New Audi A8 sedan revealed in Barcelona
Hit by its emissions scandal, Audi introduced its newest technology-packed A8 high-end saloon on Tuesday, focused on surpassing rivals Mercedes-Benz and BMW as it has a hard time to conquer its biggest-ever corporate crisis. Recently Munich district attorneys arrested an Audi worker in relation with dieselgate, the latest obstacle to the automaker after the German […]
Munich prosecutors arrest Audi worker in diesel emissions probe
Munich prosecutors arrested an Audi worker on suspicion of fraud and incorrect advertising with association to the automaker’s emissions scandal. This is the first arrest in Germany related to the parent company Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal. The Audi worker was arrested, at the behest of Munich prosecutors, a representative for the Munich prosecutors office stated […]
Munich prosecutors broadens Audi investigation
Munich prosecutors stated they have broadened an investigation at Audi to take a look at the automaker’s sales in Germany and in other places of Europe after the government alleged the Volkswagen division of cheating on emissions tests in its home country. Audi recalled around 24,000 older A7 and A8 models in Europe, 14,000 of […]
Audi emissions scandal erupts following Germany detection of new cheating
Audi‘s emissions scandal flared up once again on Thursday after the German government alleged the automaker of cheating emissions tests with its top-end models, the very first time Audi has been alleged of such misbehavior in its home country. The German Transport Ministry stated it has asked Volkswagen’s luxury department to recall around 24,000 A7 […]
Volkswagen states Audi software can distort emissions during tests
Audi vehicles with automatic transmissions got technology that is efficient in distorting emissions during the time they are tested, Volkswagen stated, as its high-end flagship is battling accusations over a reported finding of a new cheat software device. Germany’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper informed a week ago that the California Air Resources Board (CAR) had […]
