Tag: volkswagen
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VW delayed announcing cheating in hope of striking deal, its lawyers say
By Andreas Cremer and Jan Schwartz BERLIN/HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen's delay in announcing it had cheated U.S. diesel emission tests was a legitimate move aimed at striking a deal with regulators to limit the cost of the scandal, the carmaker's lawyers said in a report to a German court. The delay has led several shareholders…
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Car emissions campaigners turn sights on Renault
BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Renault's flagship Espace minivan released toxic diesel emissions 25 times legal limits in a Swiss study, despite complying with EU tests carried out at unrealistically low engine temperatures, a German environmental group said on Tuesday. The tests commissioned by the DUH group, which have not been independently verified, follows Volkswagen's admission that…
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Germany’s Transport Minister urges VW to clear up irregularities
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Transport Minister urged Volkswagen on Wednesday to leave no stone unturned in clearing up the latest irregularities and ensure that consumers would not be burdened.
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VW needs new structures to avoid future scandals: German government spokesman
Germany expects Volkswagen to clear up the latest irregularities in a transparent way, adding the carmaker needs to set up new structures to ensure that such a scandal does not happen again, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. “VW has a duty to clear this up transparently and comprehensively,” Steffen Seibert, the spokesman for Chancellor…
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Egyptian flooding drowns Gaza’s tunnel business
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Mahmoud Bakeer speaks with despair about the night of the flash flood, when he screamed at his wife and five children to flee their home on Gaza's border with Egypt as the water rushed in. For Bakeer, 61, the fact that Egypt, once a gateway to the world for…