Cheaters? Recalls? Discuss

[Jack@European_Parts]

Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $180 Million Settlement Of Suit Against Toyota Motor Corporation For Decade-Long Noncompliance With Clean Air Act Reporting Requirements

www.justice.gov

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

Just how is it that Toyota gets off so light in comparison?

 

[Uwe]

Just how is it that Toyota gets off so light in comparison?

Because they know how to curry favor with the politicians and bureaucrats?

-Uwe-

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

CARB Chair Chides GM, Toyota for Backing Trump on Fuel Rates

California’s top environmental official criticized General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. for backing the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke the state’s authority to regulate auto emissions, saying she hoped car companies had learned by now to work with the powerful agency.

www.ttnews.com

Hmmmmm

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

Toyota's greenwashing leads to record $180m fine for emissions lies - Electrek

Toyota will pay a penalty of $180 million for failing to comply with the Clean Air Act’s emissions-reporting requirements from 2005-2015, according to a filing today by the US Department of Justice. Over that time period, Toyota delayed required filings about emissions defects and failed to...

electrek.co

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

Prosecutors drop securities case against former VW CEO

Martin Winterkorn faces heavier penalties in a separate fraud case connected to the company's diesel emissions scandal.

www.manufacturing.net

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

How Volkswagen’s $50 Billion Plan to Beat Tesla Short-Circuited

Faulty software set back a bid by the world’s largest car maker for electric-vehicle dominance.

www.google.com

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

VW asks Supreme Court to hear case of Dieselgate penalties from states, counties

WASHINGTON — Volkswagen AG and German auto supplier Bosch on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that said two counties cou

www.autoblog.com

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

Volkswagen asks U.S. Supreme Court to reverse ruling on local emissions claims

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG and a German auto supplier on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court r...

whtc.com

Volkswagen Asks Supreme Court to Block Local Emissions Regulations

The German auto giant is trying to overturn a lower-court ruling that could open the car industry to oversight from municipalities.

www.wsj.com

Spanish Court Orders VW to Pay $20M to Buyers in Diesel Cheating Case

A Spanish court has ordered German carmaker Volkswagen to pay 16.3 million euros ($19.8 million) in compensation to people in Spain who bought cars with

www.insurancejournal.com

VW ordered to pay $20 million in Spanish diesel claim, carmaker to appeal

A Spanish court has ordered German carmaker Volkswagen to pay 16.3 million euros ($19.8 million) in compensation to people in Spain who bought cars with emissions-cheating devices installed, consumer group OCU said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

VW Argues Ohio’s $350M-a-Day Emission Fine Is ‘Regulatory Chaos’

Ohio’s highest court will determine whether Volkswagen AG was acting like a mechanic or a manufacturer when it updated in-car computers to fudge emissions data, and determine if the automaker may pay a $350-million-a-day fine or escape any state sanction.

news.bloomberglaw.com

Former VW boss's fraud trial pushed back over Covid-19 - Expat Guide to Germany | Expatica

Former Volkswagen chief Martin Winterkorn’s trial over the car giant’s emissions-cheating scandal has been postponed until April due to the coronavirus pandemic, a German court said Monday. Winterkorn, 73, and four former colleagues had been due to stand trial on...

www.expatica.com

DOES SOMEONES DIAPER SMELL FULL AND LEAKING METHANE EMISSIONS?

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

Federal Court of Appeal denies group’s request for more investigation into VW diesel case - The Lawyer's Daily

The Federal Court of Appeal has put the brakes on an environmental advocacy group’s attempt to have the federal government further probe automotive giant Volkswagen and its decision to import diesel vehicles illegally fit with devices designed to cheat emissions tests, and observers are saying...

www.thelawyersdaily.ca

Federal Court of Appeal denies group’s request for more investigation into VW diesel case​

VW Looking at Hundreds of Billions in Penalties

Volkswagen has paid nearly $35 billion for equipping diesel vehicles with illegal emissions defeat devices, but the automaker likely views that amount as chump change based on what is possible if even one of two court case rulings stand.

www.autobodynews.com

VW Looking at Hundreds of Billions in Penalties​

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

Cooking the books?

Greenpeace Claims VW Sold Cars To Itself To Avoid Massive EU Emissions Fines - AutoSpies Auto News

Greenpeace Claims VW Sold Cars To Itself To Avoid Massive EU Emissions Fines

www.autospies.com

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

Auto Industry Warns of Disruption if Supreme Court Skips VW Case

The U.S. Supreme Court should consider and reverse a “bombshell” appellate decision against Volkswagen Group of America Inc. “that threatens fundamentally to alter the regulatory environment faced by global automakers,” international auto industry associations told the court.

news.bloomberglaw.com

 

[Jack@European_Parts]

https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/VolkswagenGroupofAmericaIncetalPetitionersvsTheEnvironmentalProte/5?1613648896

 

[Uwe]

Auto Industry Warns of Disruption if Supreme Court Skips VW Case

The U.S. Supreme Court should consider and reverse a “bombshell” appellate decision against Volkswagen Group of America Inc. “that threatens fundamentally to alter the regulatory environment faced by global automakers,” international auto industry associations told the court.

news.bloomberglaw.com

I have to agree. It would be insane to let the more than 3000 counties in the US each pursue their own remedies for violations of standards that they themselves do not have the authority to promulgate.

-Uwe-