June 16, 2022
Volkswagen and Porsche will pay $80 million to end consumers' claims that they manipulated emissions and fuel-economy tests for nearly 500,000 gas-powered Porsche vehicles to make them seem more environmentally friendly than they actually were, according to a California federal court filing Wednesday.
May 26, 2022
A Florida environmental regulator wants a California federal judge to let it analyze individual components of software installed by Volkswagen in a lawsuit over whether the company's emissions and fuel-economy tests were manipulated for nearly 500,000 Porsche vehicles to make them seem more environmentally friendly than they were.
August 13, 2021
Consumers have told a California federal judge that Volkswagen and Porsche can't use "scattershot" arguments to evade claims they manipulated emissions and fuel-economy tests for nearly 400,000 gas-powered Porsche vehicles to make them seem more environmentally friendly than they were.
May 18, 2021
Volkswagen and Porsche have told a California federal judge that consumers can't bank on vague claims and unreliable evidence to allege that emissions and fuel-economy tests were manipulated for nearly 500,000 Porsche vehicles to make them seem more environmentally friendly than they were.
January 15, 2021
A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Friday of reviving franchised Volkswagen dealerships' proposed class claims that auto parts maker Bosch is liable for helping mastermind the 2015 "clean diesel" emissions-cheating scandal, saying their arguments are "a little odd" because it seems like they "in some ways, benefited from the fraud."
November 13, 2020
A California federal judge has said drivers who sold their Volkswagen vehicles before the German automaker's September 2015 emissions-cheating scandal became public aren't entitled to damages and couldn't prove they overpaid for purportedly low-emission vehicles that weren't as environmentally friendly as they thought.
October 21, 2020
A California federal judge on Wednesday snuffed a proposed class action from Volkswagen salespeople alleging the German automaker was liable as a joint employer for wage and hour violations and the commissions they lost when the emissions-cheating scandal erupted in 2015.
October 01, 2020
California salespeople at independent Volkswagen dealerships defended their claims that the German automaker is a joint employer and, therefore, liable for wage and hour violations and the commissions they lost when the emissions-cheating scandal erupted in 2015.
September 28, 2020
Volkswagen has told a California federal judge that drivers who sold their vehicles before the German automaker's September 2015 emissions-cheating scandal aren't entitled to any damages and can't prove they purportedly paid a premium for "clean diesel" cars that weren't as environmentally friendly as they thought.
September 01, 2020
Volkswagen said Monday that California salespersons at independent dealerships can't pin alleged wage-and-hour violations on the German automaker with "nonsensical" claims it's a joint employer and, therefore, liable for the commissions they lost when the emissions-cheating scandal erupted in 2015.