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If the EPA had not been there to catch VW lying, who would have?

The manufacturer has said that it could affect up to 11 million cars.

“All measured data suggests that this is not a Volkswagen-specific issue”, explained the worldwide Council for Clean Transportation (ICCT), the non-profit organization that tested the X3, in a statement, without providing more specific information.

The agency will begin road-testing vehicles instead of relying exclusively on laboratory assessments. Unlike past emissions test, the details of how the agency, along with Canada’s environmental agency, will test vehicles for emissions cheating would not be provided to auto...

The head of German luxury sports vehicle maker Porsche, Matthias Mueller, has been picked to succeed Martin Winterkorn as the chief executive of scandal-battered auto giant Volkswagen, the business daily Handelsblatt reported on September 24. Matthias Mueller, the 62-yead-old...

For the executive, the switch was a symbol of his commitment to reversing years of underperformance in the world’s most competitive auto market.

Bulgaria pleaded with Croatia on Friday to immediately open the Bajakovo crossing at the border with Serbia to Bulgarian-registered motor vehicles or redirect them to other operating checkpoints.

“We expressly value his critical and constructive approach”. 23, 2015 he is stepping down.

Eikhout, the Greens’ environmental policy leader, said it had been “painful for the EU” to watch USA regulators seize the initiative on emissions test manipulation.

But it’s not just emission figures that are at fault.

Mr Cameron’s attempts to win support have not been helped by his refusal to sign up to the Franco-German refugee resettlement plan but the PM has continually raised Britain’s aid contribution as evidence that the country is playing its part.

Standard & Poor’s warned it may cut Volkswagen‘s credit rating over the pollution cheating scandal, as fellow rating agency Fitch did on Wednesday. “Clearly, when you look at his profile, he’s had a very Volkswagen-centric career”, says...

The software at the center of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal in the US was built into the automaker’s cars in Europe as well, Germany said Thursday, though it isn’t yet clear if it helped cheat tests as it did in the U.S.

The announcement comes one day after Secretary of State John Kerry said the USA would raise its annual refugee cap from 70,000 to 85,000 to accommodate more Syrians fleeing their war-torn country.

The software at the center of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal in the US was built into the automaker’s cars in Europe as well, Germany said Thursday, though it isn’t yet clear if it helped cheat tests as it did in the U.S.