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Popular German tabloid newspaper Bild- Zeitung published a Sunday edition alleging German politician, Stephan Weil, of being too lenient in a speech criticising Volkswagen for the emissions scandal.
Weil is the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony, where Volkswagen’s headquarters is based.
The weekend version of the newspaper alleges that Weil drafted a letter in October 2015 addressing the emissions scandal but shared it with Volkswagen before amending it to reduce criticism of the company. The newspaper quoted a VW employee saying the company allegedly “rewrote and watered down” parts of Weil’s speech to the state legislature.
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The Californian Air Resources Board (CARB) increased the penalty fine for Volkswagen in negotiating the settlement sum for the car maker’s emissions scandal.
CARB increased the amount by over £117 million; pushing the total amount payable to the state to just under £1 billion in British Sterling.
The additional penalty was reportedly added for environmental fines. CARB is entrusted with monitoring air pollution and are taking their role extremely seriously when it comes to enforcing sanctions against VW. The money will not sit in a Californian state bank but invested in environmentally-friendly projects like developing cleaner electric vehicles.
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A €10,000 (approximately £9,120) premium is a very attractive offer after two years of denying financial help and legal liability to victims of the atrocious emissions scandal the major car corporation was engaged in for something like a decade before getting caught in 2015.
As part of this new strategy employed by VW, here are what some owners could expect to receive towards purchasing a new VW vehicle as part of a trade-in scheme:
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The German Bundesanstalt fur Finanzdienstleistungaufsicht (BaFin) have announced they will begin investigations into Volkswagen and Daimler after allegations of price collusion and other cartel activities.
The colossal carmakers admitted to cartel authorities that secret meetings and discussions had taken place and that they reportedly did not notify investors of their activity.
Although this is not directly related to the emission scandal, it’s yet another headache for the German car giant to deal with off the back of alleged unfair practices.
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As if carmakers aren’t already in enough trouble these past few years, reports are now surfacing that Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler may have been secretly colluding and potentially breaking anti-competition laws.
It’s thought that the three huge carmakers may have been getting together to collude on pricing their cars and discussing technological developments.
It’s another blow to consumers if this turns out to be true.
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VW are reportedly preparing themselves for another huge payout as U.S. District Judge Breyer has allowed claims brought by investors to proceed against VW.
This is in the latest in the long line of settlements VW are set to be making in the U.S. as a result of the emissions scandal. Billions have been set aside for U.S. settlements, yet U.K. and European consumers remain ignored when it comes to settling their claims against the German automaker.
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In a shock turn of events, VW has decided not to appeal to German court rulings that support victims’ calls for compensation.
Could this be an inference of them accepting guilt here in Europe for the first time?
The German automaker has agreed to buy-back diesel vehicles that have the defeat device software after they waived their right to appeal in several German courts. This still doesn’t mean U.K. victims can expect compensation any time soon, as we still have to fight them through our own court system here in Britain.
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The full Jones Day investigation will not be published by VW; despite them saying in the early days that it would be…
The point of Volkswagen instructing global law firm Jones Day was to conduct an investigation in to their own company and provide a valuable insight as to how the car giant ended up in this mess in the first place.
The report was supposed to be published for all to see.
Unsurprisingly, Volkswagen backtracked on earlier assertions that the full Jones Day report will be published, and have instead opted to keep the report private. We can, of course, but speculate as to why they have decided to do this; but let’s not be naive here when we think of reasons as to why they’re now keeping it under wraps…
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In April, MPs discussed the third report produced by the Transport Select Committee and the government’s response.
Following on from the lack of action from Volkswagen (VW) in the U.K., MPs Louise Ellman and David T. C. Davies raised questions to minister John Hayes as to why compensation had not been offered to VW’s customers in the U.K., as well as other questions regarding air pollution and the Government’s plan to tackle the issues.
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Volkswagen (VW) has been ordered to pay more fines in association with its emissions scandal affecting over 11 million vehicles worldwide. However, this time, the automaker giants are paying criminal fines.
On 12th May, U.S. Federal Judge Sean Cox sentenced VW for its criminal wrongdoing. This is after the automaker pleaded guilty to criminal charges, namely:
Volkswagen has been desperately trying to move past the emissions scandal since their first settlement agreement back in October 2016 in the U.S., which has so far set back the cheating automaker $14.7 billion (£11.8 billion).
In recent news, the VW Group have agreed to pay $157 million (£126 million) to settle environmental claims in 10 U.S. states. The 10 states involved are New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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VW are doing better with admitting liability nowadays… well, in the U.S. they are!
On 10th March, VW pleaded guilty in the U.S. over the ‘dieselgate’ scandal. However, it doesn’t reflect their position in Europe. NY Times states that the ‘troubles may be just beginning’ on the continent, and we agree.
Ultimately though, victims here in the U.K. are being denied access to justice, yet our U.S. counterparts are receiving damages.
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