German's major automakers were accused in a U.S. lawsuit of acting as a cartel, colluding for nearly two decades to limit the pace of technological advances in their vehicles and stifle competition — allegations that widen the scope of the latest scandal to hit ...
German carmakers, fighting for a future for diesel technology in Europe, faced a setback after a Stuttgart court ruled in favor of a complaint seeking to ban all diesel cars from entering the home city of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Diesel driving bans would be an ...
For years, Toyota Motor Corp. focused on pushing its hybrid models in Europe, avoiding a diesel-for-diesel competition with market leaders including Volkswagen AG. The carmaker's strategy is finally paying off. In the first full year since Volkswagen's emissions scandal threw the German giant into disarray, ...
Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker in terms of sales for the past four years, was outperformed by Volkswagen AG in the 11 months through November. Unless Toyota has a remarkable December, it will lost it's No. 1 status. In the 11-month period, worldwide sales ...
It has been a year since Volkswagen admitted to fitting millions of cars with cheating software to dupe emissions tests, plunging the German auto giant into one of the biggest scandals ever to hit the industry. Billions of dollars in compensation later and mired in ...
One year ago, Volkswagen's cheating on emissions tests for millions of its diesel cars erupted into public view, leaving the mammoth carmaker battling an unprecedented crisis. Barely a week has passed since that has not seen a fresh twist in the saga, which has tarnished ...
Nissan Motor Co. has come up with a new type of gasoline engine that it says may make some advanced diesel engines obsolete. The new engine uses variable compression technology, which Nissan engineers say allows it at any given moment to choose an optimal compression ...
Toyota Motor Corp. lagged Volkswagen AG by global deliveries in the first half of the year, as demand for the newly redesigned Prius hybrid slumped in a U.S. market dominated by trucks and sport utility vehicles. Worldwide deliveries fell 0.6 percent to 4.99 million vehicles ...
Carmakers have to be more transparent about the way they certify their fuel economy and emission ratings as regulators step up scrutiny into the gap between laboratory results and real-world driving conditions, according to Daimler AG Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche. "You can only be ...
Volkswagen resisted U.S. government efforts to recall more cars and trucks to fix potentially deadly Takata air bags, telling safety regulators that a recall wasn't necessary. But the German automaker, already in hot water with the government for cheating on U.S. pollution tests, eventually agreed ...
French carmaker Renault said fraud investigators had inspected three of its sites to look into its vehicle emissions technology. News of the raid wiped billions off Renault's market value as investors feared a repeat of the scandal engulfing German rival Volkswagen. Renault said investigations to date ...
Volkswagen's new chief executive plans to present remedies for fixing diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests when he meets with the top U.S. environmental regulator this week. CEO Matthias Mueller said that as of now VW has only given technical data to the Environmental ...
