Tag: Audi

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  Audi agrees to pay US$ 930m fine for rigging diesel vehicles

  

  German luxury automaker Audi will pay a fine of roughly US$930 million to settle regulatory action in its home country for rigging some of its diesel vehicles with illegal software designed to defeat emissions tests, the company said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 5th 2016 - 08:22 UTC

  US Justice Department seeking billions of dollars from Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche

  

  The United States Justice Department has filed a federal lawsuit against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche that seeks billions of dollars in penalties over claims that the car companies installed devices to deliberately misreport emissions. Nearly 600,000 diesel-engine vehicles were installed with these devices since 2009.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 07:26 UTC

  Audi admits 2.1 million of its cars are fitted with emissions cheating software

  

  Luxury car brand Audi has confirmed that 2.1 million of its cars around the world were outfitted with software that enabled them to cheat emissions standards. The announcement clarifies Audi's role in the diesel emissions scandal roiling its parent company, Volkswagen.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 06:37 UTC

  VW shares plunge 20% following emissions' scandal; fines could reach 18bn dollars

  

  Shares in German auto giant Volkswagen (VW) fell more than 20% in morning trading at the Frankfurt stock exchange on Monday in reaction to revelations that some of its diesel cars in the United States had been fitted with software that gave false emissions data.