The record $15.3 billion settlement in the Volkswagen diesel-emissions cheating scandal will affect nearly 30,000 vehicles sold in Illinois, as well as thousands of owners who went from brand loyalists to betrayed. Some owners can’t wait to sell their cars back to VW, ending a nightmare that turned their beloved and peppy “clean diesel” cars into a source of driveway shame. Others have mixed …
The German automaker agreed to buy back or fix “clean diesel” cars and compensate the owners for their trouble. The affected cars include 2009 through 2015 Volkswagen TDI diesel models of Jettas, Passats, Golfs, and Beetles as well as the TDI Audi A3. Owners will be paid full, pre-scandal fair market value for their vehicle, in addition to a cash payment of at least $5,100.
Volkswagen AG will pay owners of its polluting diesel cars up to $7,000, and agree to fund a grant program to offset air pollution, under a $10 billion settlement being negotiated for submission to a federal judge next week, people familiar with the talks said. VW will provide cash payments worth between $1,000 and $7,000, depending on the vehicle’s age and other factors, to compensate …
New Zealand Ford cars could be caught up in an Australian class action over reported transmission problems in a range of models. Lawyers claim more than 60,000 cars in Australia are “unsafe to drive”, including the Fiesta Hatchback, Focus and the EcoSport SUV. Ford NZ carries largely the same vehicles as its Australian counterpart, including vehicles with Ford’s PowerShift transmission.
Uber’s recent class-action settlement includes a small proposed shift in the app’s tipping policy that could lead to changes for both drivers and passengers. On Thursday, ride-sharing service Uber announced an up to $100 million settlement for class-action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts, which cover 385,000 drivers. The proposed settlement, “recognizes that drivers should …
Daimler is now facing a “defeat device” class-action lawsuit similar to what fellow German automaker Volkswagen has been struggling with recently. Owners of Mercedes-Benz diesel cars have filed a new class-action lawsuit …
Owners of Mercedes diesel cars filed a new class-action lawsuit in the United States saying the vehicles likely contained a “defeat device” used to cheat emissions testing, an accusation that Daimler, which owns the carmaker, denied. U.S. law firm Hagens Berman, which had already …
Owners of Mercedes diesel cars filed a new class-action lawsuit in the United States saying the vehicles likely contained a “defeat device” used to cheat emissions testing, an accusation that Daimler (DAIGn.DE), which owns the carmaker, denied. U.S. law firm Hagens Berman, which had already filed a complaint in February, said new tests had shown that Mercedes BlueTEC cars produced …
A federal judge in San Francisco has given Volkswagen one more month to meet a demand from U.S. regulators for a fix to its diesel engines. The automaker faced a deadline Thursday to create a fix acceptable to the California Clean Air Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency for diesel engines that emit more than acceptable levels of nitrogen oxides. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer …
NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after the first New York trial over General Motors’ faulty ignition switch controversy ended prematurely, a new one is set to start. The Manhattan federal court trial that begins on Monday is meant to define legal boundaries that may aid the settlement of hundreds of lawsuits filed after GM revealed that it had continued to sell flawed cars after discovering an ignition …