Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2016

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., Motor vehicles equipped with illegal defeat devices cannot be certified. collectively referred to as Volkswagen).

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MARCH 23, 2015

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. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

million received from the 2016 Volkswagen settlement to significantly increase the number of electric vehicles and other clean vehicles in the state. Covered vehicles include new buses, trucks, locomotives, ferries, tug boats, and cargo handling equipment, as well as the availability of electric vehicle charging equipment statewide.

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MAY 4, 2018

A US federal indictment is charging Martin Winterkorn, the former chairman of the management board of Volkswagen AG (VW), with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with VW’s cheating on US diesel vehicle emissions requirements. The FBI and EPA Criminal Investigation Division are investigating the case.

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MAY 20, 2022

The binding supply agreement will be negotiated in a continued constructive and legally compliant way to conclude by the end of 2022. Designed as an open vehicle platform, the MEB electric platform and its components allows car manufacturers to build their portfolio of electrified vehicles, quickly and cost-effectively.

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JULY 8, 2021

The European Commission has found that Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen group (Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche) breached EU antitrust rules by colluding on technical development of NO x aftertreatment systems. The Commission has imposed a fine of €875,189,000 (US$1.04 The automakers also exchanged commercially sensitive information on these elements.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

EPA issued a second notice of violation ( NOV ) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., alleging emissions cheating. liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that results in increased NO x emissions of up to nine times EPA’s standard. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Wednesday rejected proposed plans submitted by Volkswagen/Audi and Porsche for repair of undisclosed Auxiliary Emission Control Devices (AECDs) and defeat devices in 3.0 liter diesel Volkswagens, Audis and Porsches sold in California. According to ARB, the Volkswagen/Audi proposed 3.0-liter

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 14, 2024

No longer solely defined by opulent materials and exquisite craftsmanship, luxury vehicles now lead the forefront of technological innovation. Automotive manufacturers are increasingly turning to advanced AI-based software development solutions to realize the vision of automated vehicles.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

Volkswagen confirmed on Thursday that no software constituting an improper emissions control defeat device as defined in law is installed in vehicles with EA 288 EU5- or EU6-engines in the European Union. Remedial action on the vehicles will begin in January 2016 at no cost to customers. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 24, 2014

Consortium members in the four-year project include: Opel; Audi; BMW Group; BMW Forschung und Technik; Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen; Continental; Daimler; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft u. All these challenges are supported by studies of legal issues and effectiveness evaluation.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

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, Audi A3 (Model Years 2009 – 2015). collectively referred to here as Volkswagen). —EPA NOV.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100% synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on synthetic fuels. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2016

Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has granted preliminary approval of the settlement agreement reached on 28 June with private plaintiffs represented by the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) to resolve civil claims regarding eligible Volkswagen and Audi 2.0L TDI engine vehicles listed above.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Within weeks, Volkswagen and Audi will starting buying back thousands of 2.0-liter So what will the company do once it's legally taken possession of those vehicles, the first of close to half a million caught up in the VW diesel emission scandal? liter diesel cars sold between 2009 and 2015.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2016

liter diesel vehicles sold from 2009 through 2015. The cars, sold by VW and Audi, contained "defeat device" software that kept their emissions within legal limits only during testing, but.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2018

The Volkswagen diesel emission scandal has now largely vanished from U.S. Tens of thousands of bought-back TDI diesel vehicles still sit in fields awaiting modification and resale, or some other disposition. But among the thousands of pages of legal documents to settle dozens of civil and criminal charges in.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Automakers will push for changes in the California ZEV mandates.

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APRIL 29, 2016

Müller reaffirmed the goal of playing a key role in e-mobility, with the Volkswagen Group planning to launch over 20 additional models by 2020—a target originally voiced by former Group head Martin Winterkorn at the Frankfurt auto show last fall, before the breaking of the diesel emissions scandal. Earlier post.) Key figures for 2015.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

All these challenges are supported by studies of legal issues and effectiveness evaluation. Determination of requirements posed by vehicles with alternative power sources and optimization with respect to these special requirements. Infrastructure control and networking with innovative vehicle concepts and systems.

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APRIL 15, 2016

The signatories pledge to draw up rules and regulations that will allow autonomous vehicles to be used on the roads. Agreements also need to be made on issues such as liability, privacy, data security and the effects of self-driving vehicles on traffic and the road network. Vehicle technology is developing rapidly.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 11, 2023

The Alfa Romeo Tonale is one of those vehicles that I expected to dislike and was quickly won over by. liter turbocharged four-cylinder paired with an electric motor on the rear axle stinks of European emissions compliance. Frankly, the amount of on-the-fly driving customization was the most impressive thing about the vehicle.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium-term regulatory requirements (e.g., Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium-term regulatory requirements (e.g., Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0

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APRIL 20, 2014

The Porsche Panamera S E-hybrid plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) is already in the showrooms in China; the Group will launch two further plug-in hybrid vehicles there next year with the Audi A3 e-tron ( earlier post ) and the Golf GTE ( earlier post ). All these vehicles are highly efficient and eco-friendly. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Speaking at a plant meeting in Wolfsburg, Matthias Müller, the new CEO of Volkswagen AG, promised employees “swift and relentless clarification” of the emissions scandal. Müller said that while in many instances a software update will be sufficient, some vehicles will also require hardware modifications. “

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

This year, Volkswagen Group will introduce the Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB, modularen Querbaukasten) for the Volkswagen, Audi, ŠKODA and SEAT brands. (At At the Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen unveiled the first model publicly shown based on the MQB: the Cross Coupé all-wheel-drive (AWD) plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV). Earlier post. ).

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Baua Electric

JUNE 10, 2024

Virginia will stop following California’s stricter emissions standards, which would have put the state on track to end sales of nearly all new internal-combustion cars by 2035, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced last week. So Youngkin plans to revert Virginia to the federal emissions standards on January 1, 2025.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 13, 2008

After turning Nissan around during his 5 year tenure at the once beleaguered Japanese automaker and naysaying hybrids and electric cars a mere two years ago, Ghosn is moving both automakers toward a leadership position in zero-emission vehicles worldwide. Audi here and BMW here are reported to be taking another look at all-electrics.

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