The diesel emission cheating scandal has so far cost Volkswagen 30 billion euros. Volkswagen’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) disclosed, the carmaker has provisioned $6.16 billion (5.5 billion euros) in contingent liabilities in order to cover the cost of potential liabilities… Read More ›
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German prosecutors latch on to bonus payments to suspended VW manager
German regulators are probing why VW made bonus payments to an executive who was suspended following the diesel emission cheating scandal. On Tuesday, in a development that continues to haunt Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest car producer, German prosecutors have begun investigating… Read More ›
Volkswagen strikes strategic partnership with Amazon for industry cloud
Volkswagen’s tie up with Amazon will help improve production at its factories. According to a report by Germany newspaper Sueddeutsche, the European Union’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen has struck a strategic partnership with Amazon.com Inc to create a kind of “industry… Read More ›
Volkswagen wins appeal against plaintiff over diesel car affected by emission cheating scandal
It is very likely that the plaintiff, supported by Germany vocal consumer body MyRight, will appeal the verdict in Germany’s highest court – the BGH. A ruling by the BGH will be binding on the rest of the cases under… Read More ›
VW will increase heat on Tesla with its EV factory in North America
With the entry of Europe’s largest carmaker in the United States, the electric vehicle segment in the country is set to heat up. In a strategic development, Scott Keogh, the newly appointed CEO of Volkswagen Group of America stated, Volkswagen… Read More ›
‘No Brexit’ deal will have a devastating impact on the car industry
British and EU’s carmakers will feel the effect of a cliff hanger Brexit. With Brexit’s March 29 deadline fast approaching and faced with growing fears of a cliffhanger exit , Britain’s carmakers have triggered some of their Brexit contingency plans,… Read More ›
Verbraucherzentrale (vzbv) to file class-action suit against Volkswagen on Nov 1, 2018
Volkswagen has maintained that there is no way consumers can establish intentional harm caused by dieselgate in Germany. On Wednesday, Verbraucherzentrale (vzbv), a German consumer protection organization stated, it would file a class action lawsuit against Volkswagen on November 1,… Read More ›
Volkswagen agrees to 5.5% salary hike for its workers in Mexico
The agreement, which took 2 weeks to negotiate averted a potential strike at one of its biggest plant in Mexico’s central city of Puebla. On Monday, EU’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen AG stated, it has agreed to a 5.5% increase in… Read More ›
Ralf Brandstaetter to be named as VW’s Chief Operating Officer
Ralf Brandstaetter will assume the new role in addition to his existing responsibilities. On Tuesday, German daily Bild reported citing a source familiar with the matter at hand as saying, Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker, is likely to name Ralf Brandstaetter… Read More ›
Volkswagen hires BMW’s engine development expert Markus Duesmann
Of note is the fact that, when compared with rivals, which include Audi, Mercedes, Porsche and VW, BMW’s vehicles have faced fewer regulatory hurdles tied to excessive pollution. Duesmann is likely to head VW’s Audi brand if and when Rupert… Read More ›