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Volkswagen Company announced on Monday that it has again delayed the resumption of production at its factories in China due to the continuing coronavirus crisis. “We are working hard to get back to our normal production process, but we face challenges due to delayed nationwide recommencement of supply chains. “Also due to limited travel options
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An Australian court handed Volkswagen a record Aus$125 million (US$86m) fine Friday for misleading customers about the emissions from its diesel vehicles, with the company saying it may appeal. The Federal Court found that an initial Aus$75 million penalty the company agreed with Australia’s consumer watchdog was “manifestly inadequate” and recommended the biggest fine ever
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Volkswagen does not expect the shift in production toward electric cars aimed at averting billions of euros in European pollution fines to hurt its profit margins, Chief Executive Herbert Diess said in a newspaper report on Monday. “We do not expect a deterioration in margins. Our advantage is that all our brands have the same
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Volkswagen announced Thursday that it would end production of its iconic “Beetle” cars in 2019 following a pair of final editions of the insect-inspired vehicles.
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The second assembly plant for German-made Volkswagen cars is to be established in Ghana after the one established in Lagos-Nigeria, bringing to five, the number of such plants in Africa.
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Efforts by the Godwin Obaseki-led administration to harness the vast economic opportunities in the global auto industry through the state’s economic diversification strategy have begun yielding result as 36 chief executive officers of leading global auto brands and component suppliers, arrive Benin City on Wednesday.
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VOLKSWAGEN is recalling 766,000 vehicles of its core passenger car brand worldwide for a software update to their braking control systems. This is because the braking control system may not function properly in certain driving conditions, such as when the driver over-steers, under-steers or slams on the brakes.
Read More Volkswagen’s US chief revealed he knew more than a year ago that the group’s cars possibly breached pollution rules, as he prepared to apologize Thursday before Congress over the massive scandal.
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