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Ex-Audi CEO Stadler fined $1.2M, avoids prison in VW diesel trial

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Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler used to be given a suspended sentence of 1 12 months and 9 months for fraud by way of negligence within the 2015 Volkswagen Staff diesel scandal, changing into the primary former VW board member to obtain this type of sentence. Stadler used to be fined 1.1 million euros ($1.2 Stadler used to be fined 1.1

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US files civil complaint against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for alleged Clean Air Act violations

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The US Department of Justice, on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency, has filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan against Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Consistent with EPA’s Notices of Violation, issued on September 18, 2015 for 2.0 Beetle (2013-2015). Affected 2.0

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DeltaWing to develop GT race car concept; step toward street-legal DeltaWing sports car

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Expected to appear in 2015, this new DeltaWing Racing Cars project is a major step toward a street-legal two-seat DeltaWing sports car, the company said. In Mat 2014, DeltaWing released a rendering of an application of its DeltaWing aerodynamic and lightweight design architecture as a street-legal, four-passenger car.

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CARB and US EPA approve final Volkswagen diesel modification to remove defeat devices; marks end of 3-year redesign of >500k vehicles

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The legal process began in 2015 and eventually involved more than a half million diesel VW, Audi and Porsche vehicles in the US. For these vehicles, the only remaining action is for VW and Audi to submit their resale plans for modified vehicles owners have returned. All defeat devices are illegal.

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US charges Audi manager with conspiracy to cheat US emissions tests; sacrificing NOx control for a sound system

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The US has charged a former Audi manager via criminal complaint for his role in a conspiracy to defraud US regulators and customers by implementing defeat device software in thousands of Audi diesel vehicles to cheat US emissions tests. Beginning in or about 2006, Audi was designing the new 3.0

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Paice files complaint against VW Group with ITC alleging hybrid patent infringement

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The complaint alleges patent infringement by VW, Audi and Porsche and asks the ITC to issue an exclusion order that would prohibit the companies from importing certain hybrid vehicles, including the VW Jetta Hybrid, Audi A3 e-tron Hybrid, Audi Q5 Hybrid, Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid, and Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid.

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EPA and California ARB charge Volkswagen with using software defeat device to circumvent NOx testing in 4-cylinder 2.0L diesels

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EPA has issued a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. The NOV alleges that Volkswagen and Audi cars from model years 2009-2015 equipped with 2.0-liter, Affected diesel models include: Jetta (Model Years 2009 – 2015).

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