emissions

It’s no secret that modern emissions controls are getting more and more sophisticated with every new model year. And one of the latest tools that automakers use to mitigate emissions […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just issued a proposed set of strict new federal emissions standards for all new cars, trucks, and SUVs starting in 2027. While SEMA […]

Oliver Schmidt, one of the highest-ranking Volkswagen officials implicated in Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating scandal, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a federal district court judge in Detroit this week. […]

The U.S. Justice Department and Volkswagen AG have agreed to a $14.7 billion settlement over the German automaker’s cheating of diesel emissions tests. The settlement will be filed today in […]

Volkswagen AG will buy back about 500,000 diesel vehicles which were part of the emissions scandal that rocked the German automaker last year when it became known the vehicles used […]

California could expand a Los Angeles-area vehicle buyback pilot program reminiscent of the 2009 federal cash-for-clunker program statewide, potentially threatening older cars and cheap replacement parts availability. The Specialty Equipment Market Association […]

The U.S. Justice Department sued Volkswagen for upward of $90 billion Monday, alleging the German automaker intentionally cheated federal emissions testing on several 2.0L and 3.0L diesel vehicles sold in […]

Volkswagen cheated emissions tests with about 2.8 million diesel vehicles in its home country of Germany, the company’s transport minister said Friday. That’s about six times as many cars as […]

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday as the German automaker reels from the emissions cheating scandal fallout. His successor will likely be appointed Friday. Winterkorn denied involvement in or knowledge […]

Volkswagen cheated emissions tests by installing software on vehicles sold in the U.S. designed to evade regulators, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday. The EPA called the software a “defeat device” that allowed […]