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Volkswagen boss apologises to America for cheating diesel emissions tests
2016-01-11 05:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Müller has apologized for cheating diesel car emissions tests on his first official US visit since the scandal broke in September. We know that we have let down customers, authorities, regulators and the general public here in America, the head of the German carmaker said at a media reception on the eve of the Detroit auto show. We are I am truly sorry for that and I would like to apologize once again for what went wrong at Volkswagen, he added,...
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Big Rig, Semi-Truck & Diesel Bus K&N Air Filter Delivers Lower Maintenance Costs
2016-01-09 02:04:24| K&N Engineering, Inc. Air Filter, Air Intake, and other Product News
A heavy duty diesel washable air filter from K&N Filters can he lp lower maintenance costs by offering long service intervals and the ability to reuse a K&N HD air filter for years to come
VW Shares Tumble on U.S. Taking Hard Line in Diesel Scandal
2016-01-05 19:31:54| Automakers - Topix.net
Volkswagen AG fell the most in two months after the U.S. government filed a lawsuit seeking penalties as high as $80 billion -- more than the company is worth -- and faulted the German carmaker for a lack of progress fixing cars with rigged engines. Chief Executive Officer Matthias Mueller and Herbert Diess, head of the VW brand, will visit the U.S. for the first time since the scandal broke in September.
U.S. sues Volkswagen in diesel emissions scandal
2016-01-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Justice Department sued the German automaker Volkswagen in federal court on Monday, saying that the company installed illegal devices in nearly 600,000 diesel engine systems to impair emissions controls, increasing harmful air pollution. But despite a pledge by the Justice Department in September to go after executives responsible for corporate wrongdoing, federal prosecutors stopped short of criminal charges and did not single out individuals. They did question Volkswagens efforts to restore...
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The dirty truth about "clean diesel"
2016-01-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: AS scandals go, it was a juicy one. Volkswagen, one of the world's highest grossing automakers, persuaded consumers it had created a new generation of so-called clean diesel cars - until investigators discovered that defeat devices, which activated emissions controls only when the cars were tested, were concealing the fact that its vehicles emitted up to 40 times the permitted levels of pollutants during regular use. Volkswagen has been punished with consumer opprobrium, a costly recall and plummeting...
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