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Yet again, Volkswagen have come under fire in the public limelight off the back of the ongoing emissions scandal.
Since the scandal first arose in September 2015, there has been non-stop bad publicity, which is about to get worse again as figures that were released from VW have shown that only one in ten vehicles have been fixed within the year.
Volkswagen have had some serious issues trying to sort the recall out, and these problems keep coming back to haunt them.
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It seemed like things could not get any worse for the German manufacturing giants following the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal. However, the plot has thickened.
Multinational engineering and electronics company, Bosch, are alleged to be the Robin to Volkswagen’s Batman. Several reports, as well as claimant lawyers in the U.S., allege Bosch as a “knowing and active participant” (source) in assisting Volkswagen with cheating emissions and building the “defeat device” itself.
This device was installed in over 11 million vehicles so that vehicles would appear less polluting and pass tests with ease. Bosch continues to state that these claims are “wild and unfounded”.
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In the midst of all the tension surrounding the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal, fresh claims have been made that VW has violated two EU Consumer Directives – specifically, the Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive, and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive – in 20 European countries.
The first directive is put in place to prevent companies like VW from exaggerating environmental claims when marketing their products. This is, arguably, exactly what VW did when they marketed the vehicles as “green” that instead had “defeat devices” installed in them. Their ‘false advertising’ was used for seven years or so with suggestions of their diesel engines being “clean diesel” engines.
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An engineer indicted in the U.S. investigations in to the extent of the Volkswagen emission scandal – AKA “dieselgate” – has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud regulators and car owners.
This is reportedly the first criminal charge off the back of the investigations, which has seen lawyers around the world now acting for victims pursuing compensation. Our lawyers are fighting for the rights of thousands of UK victims who have formally retained our services as we lead the fight for justice here in Britain.
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Right now, we’re acting for thousands of people affected by the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal here in the UK. We’re confident we will win the cases, but, at the moment, Volkswagen is trying to dispute responsibility for paying people.
Obviously this is totally unfair; especially when you look at their progress in the U.S. where settlement packages are being negotiated.
We’re working with international lawyers and keeping up with progress across the pond, and its only serving to anger the UK victims who should receive compensation as well.
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July is an important month for car sales in Ireland, as it is the time of year when consumers look to upgrade their cars. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released figures last month that showed an annual increase of 5.5% for car sales in Ireland.
It showed the steady rise in demand from the same time in 2015 for brands such as Audi, increasing sales by 17%, and Mercedes by 36%. Land Rover also saw an increase in sales last month compared to 2015 figures.
But Volkswagen sales are dropping in the wake of one of the biggest auto industry scandals the world has ever seen.
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As of August 2nd, South Korea revoked the certification of 83,000 vehicles – some 80 Volkswagen models in their country. South Korea is not taking the Volkswagen emissions scandal lightly, and after halting sales on vehicles, and fining them 17.8 billion won ($16 million), they are taking yet more action!
Now, the South Korean Chief of Audi Volkswagen has been summoned over the emissions scandal by State Prosecutors.
They are doing a great deal more than our own government as we continue to fight for thousands of people affected here in the UK as part of our rapidly growing legal action.
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Lower Saxony is Volkswagen’s second largest shareholder, and reportedly has no plans to sue the German carmaker for damages following the emissions scandal. Lower Saxony has a veto power on Volkswagen’s supervisory board and has a fifth of voting rights as well.
Prime Minister Stephan Weil believes there is currently no legal basis to make a claim, so “as a result there are no plans for a lawsuit.”
This news came not long after the state of Bavaria announced they will be suing Volkswagen, making them the first regional government in the home country of Volkswagen to make a claim.
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Between 2009 and 2015 Volkswagen installed software on models which allowed them to cheat pollution testing, making their cars appear more environment friendly. The software, aka as ‘defeat devices’, allowed the cars to pass emissions tests by switching on the emissions control software when under test conditions. When the car was not being tested, the software was switched off, and the cars emitted up to 40 times more nitrogen oxide.
Only certain models were fitted with the defeat device, but it is thought around 11 million cars had the device installed over the six year period.
The German car makers are offering US car owners up $10,000 each in compensation; but so far, they are yet to offer deals to any other countries.
We represent thousands of victims here in the UK as we fight for justice and compensation – and we stand by our Canadian friends who are also seeking justice as victims of the scandal.
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Volkswagen and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) are looking into testing different hardware and software that may help Volkswagen not have to buy back hundreds of thousands of diesel cars sold in the United States that were installed with defeat devices to cheat emissions testing.
CARB are working with the German car maker to see whether there are any fixes that could allow Volkswagen to fix its effected diesel engines in order to help them reduce the financial damage that the company would face. But this still may not be enough to appease disgruntled owners, or help to preserve Volkswagen’s reputation since being tarnished by the emissions scandal.
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Audi’s Chief executive Rupert Stadler has been forced to reimburse Volkswagen who originally paid for a private party hosted by Audi.
Rupert Stadler will have to pay back 12,500 euros that was expensed as a ‘beer contest’ with 30 different managers in 2015. The event was reclassified as a private party after it underwent an internal review.
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It’s not getting any easier for the Volkswagen Group…
We already act for thousands of UK victims of the scandal, and we already have reports from experts, and from our own clients, about the adverse affects that the recall is having, and is going to have, on vehicles.
The latest reports from Italian consumer group Altroconsumo are even more damning – their testing revealed that the fix for the Q5 actually INCREASED NOx emissions by 25%!
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