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...While the average here is just 185 vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants, there are almost 800 vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants in the USA and around 580 in Germany,” said VW....
...The president of the VDA, which counts Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz as members, said she feared an exodus of German small and midsized suppliers....
...The president of the VDA, which counts Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz as members, said she was fearing an exodus of German small and midsized suppliers....
...“We cannot have a situation where the USA rolls out the red carpet for [sustainable aviation fuel] producers while Europe rolls out nothing but red tape.”...
...“Volkswagen of America developed and implemented a marketing campaign to draw attention — with a wink — to Volkswagen’s e-offensive and the market launch of ID.4 in the USA,” the company said....
...Last week, Volkswagen brand Audi and Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler axed 20,000 roles in total, citing the costs of investing in electric vehicles and reduced profits....
...In recent weeks, the Department of Justice has launched a competition investigation into Ford, Honda, BMW and Volkswagen, which have all said they will comply with the tougher Californian standards....
...This was done despite the saving help given them by the USA. Now they should start moving back to America again?” he wrote on Twitter....
...Peugeot owner PSA and BMW have pulled ahead of Volkswagen to lead auto emissions reductions under Europe’s new CO2 regime....
...“In our three main markets — Europe, China and USA — only a small fraction of people and of our customers live in these super-urban areas,” he continued....
...“The effects of the trade dispute with the USA continue to be severe,” the brand said....
...Volkswagen came forward much earlier,” said Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the EPA....
...Here’s UBS: While the review leaves several options open, "The Board believes that Ferguson's longterm listing location is in the USA"....
...VW said the “main reason” for this decline is a “reluctance to buy on the part of Chinese customers as a result of the continuing tariff dispute with the USA.”...
...It cited “marked general uncertainty among consumers in the country as a result of the continuing tariff dispute with the USA.”...
...Volkswagen maintains and has attempted to document that nobody at the board level was aware of the fraudulent nature of the software until the EPA’s notice....
...Shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the chief executives of 18 of the largest manufacturers in the US, including Ford, General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen, wrote to the new president warning him...
...Volkswagen’s top executives were blindsided by US regulators’ unilateral disclosure of the decade-long emissions scandal in September 2015, according to the company’s most robust and extensive defence of...
...The USA and China now see a chance to take over . . . I see our chances of keeping the lead position at 50:50.”...
...(WSJ) Volkswagen’s plan to kill off Tesla The world’s biggest carmaker is putting its faith — and heft — in a €30bn “skateboard” to win the electric car race....
...Volkswagen ex-CEO Winterkorn charged in US diesel probe The move by US prosecutors to bring charges against former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn for his alleged role in covering up the decade-long...
...The EPA made its accusations against Fiat a day after Volkswagen had agreed to pay a $4.3bn criminal fine for deliberately evading US pollution laws....
...“FCA is adamant that it did not employ defeat devices to pass emissions tests, something that Volkswagen admitted to more than a year ago....
...Worryingly, Volkswagen was initially threatened with an $18bn fine and has ended up paying even more: in excess of $20bn, once various settlements, fines and recalls are tallied....
...The infighting could prove explosive, as the Porsche and Piëch families together own 52 per cent of Volkswagen....
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