Over 3 Million Daimler Diesel Vehicles Recalled In Europe

By Nick Carey DETROIT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG executive Oliver Schmidt pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit in connection with a massive diesel emissions scandal that has cost the German automaker as much as $25 billion. Under a plea ...

A federal judge on Friday approved $125 million in fees and costs for lawyers who sued Volkswagen AG on behalf of U. S. owners of 88,000 3.0 liter diesel vehicles over excess emissions.

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt said the agency must ensure Volkswagen AG's excess diesel emissions is not repeated, and will treat improper behavior by automakers "very aggressively. "

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday named lawyer Elizabeth Cabraser to lead the case brought against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV by owners over allegations it bypassed diesel emission controls. Cabraser, a lawyer at Lieff, ...

California legislators on Thursday tightened rules requiring Volkswagen AG to spend a portion of clean car infrastructure funds in disadvantaged communities, passing a bill as part of a budget package agreed with Governor Jerry Brown.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean battery maker LG Chem Ltd denied on Tuesday a media report that it has signed a 7 trillion won ($6.20 billion) deal to supply electric vehicle batteries for Volkswagen AG . The DongA Ilbo newspaper reported on Tuesday that LG ...

Federal prosecutors on Friday recommended a three-year prison sentence for Volkswagen AG ( ) engineer James Liang for his role in a diesel emissions scandal that has cost the German automaker as much as $25 billion. Liang, who pleaded guilty to misleading ...

A federal judge in California on Wednesday allowed some claims to proceed by bondholders who sued Volkswagen AG ( ) over its diesel emissions scandal, but agreed to the German automaker's request to dismiss parts of the lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Charles ...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp opened the door to a bidding war among Midwestern and southern states seeking to land jobs and investment when it announced on Friday it would build a $1.6 billion U.S. assembly plant with Mazda ...