Volkswagen Emissions Fraud

VW, which remains in the lobby group, was concerned about the exit of Tesla and Polestar and was discussing the situation, the spokesperson added, without giving specifics

Swiss federal prosecutors are set to drop a nearly five-year criminal investigation into Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal after concluding they did not have a strong enough case to file charges

US authorities banned the affected cars after the cheat software was discovered, triggering claims for compensation.

Volkswagen said separately it will review the assessment, which exceeds an earlier settlement of A$75 million, and may appeal

Volkswagen had rigged 11 mn of its vehicles with software used to cheat on vehicle emissions tests

Company had been employing computer code for over 6 yrs before the EPA notification in 2015

Documents show engineers took approval to deploy illegal software