Volkswagen facing second major British lawsuit over claims it fitted emissions-cheating devices to hundreds of thousands of diesel cars sold in UK
Volkswagen is facing a second major British lawsuit over claims it fitted emissions-cheating devices to hundreds of thousands of diesel cars sold in the UK. The German car giant is alleged to have sold more than 1m of the cars, which used software designed to fool regulators during tests. It is already being sued over […]
Volkswagen loses European Court of Justice case in diesel emissions scandal after arguing ‘defeat devices’ were installed to protect engines
Volkswagen breached the law by installing so-called ‘defeat devices’ in its cars to cheat emission tests and cannot argue the software was installed to merely protect car engines, a European court has ruled. The European Court of Justice said on Thursday that the defeat devices are illegal under European law. The decision is now expected […]