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 …
It turns out Volkswagen isn’t the only automaker facing backlash for its diesel cars. Mercedes-Benz owners have filed a class-action lawsuit against the automaker over its allegedly high diesel emissions. Led by U.S. law firm Hagens Berman, the lawsuit alleges the automaker knowingly programmed its diesel cars to emit dangerous levels of nitrogen oxides at low temperatures.
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 …
Volkswagen’s top executive in the US, Michael Horn, has left the company almost six months after the emissions scandal came to light in the country. VW confirmed that Michael Horn was leaving “to pursue other opportunities effective immediately”. The statement did not give any further information on the decision, which was a surprise given he was a veteran of 25 years at the company and had …
Daimler is sticking to the rules governing emissions levels for its cars, the German automotive company’s chief executive told CNBC, as the diesel scandal surrounding the car trade shows no signs of dissipating Dieter Zetsche’s comments come amid media reports Monday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had requested information from Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz brand to explain emissions …
Screenshot via VWAn ad for Volkswagen’s lineup of diesel vehicles It’s been more than five months since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Volkswagen’s use of illegal “defeat device” software in diesel cars in mid-September. But Volkswagen appears no closer to beginning a recall of the affected cars–leaving owners of almost 600,000 diesel vehicles deeply frustrated. And …
FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it had not opened an official investigation into Daimler’s luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz but had only requested information to explain emissions levels in some of its cars. A spokesman for Daimler said on Sunday it was fully cooperating with the request for information, and that Mercedes-Benz cars conformed with all rules …
And now, for its most expensive act: Volkswagen might buy back some of the 575,000 cars affected by Dieselgate in the United States. Robert Giuffra, a lawyer defending Volkswagen against class-action suits, indicated during a court hearing at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco last week that if the German automaker is unable repair some of its diesel models in a timely manner, it might …
Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Müller has apologized for cheating diesel car emissions tests on his first official US visit since the scandal broke in September. “We know that we have let down customers, authorities, regulators and the general public here in America,” the head of the German carmaker said at a media reception on the eve of the Detroit auto show. “We are – I am – truly sorry …