Diesel
Ford claims 30 mpg F-150 diesel wins pickup mileage crown
April 19The first diesel F-150 will get 30 mpg highway, 22 mpg city and 25 mpg combined, according to EPA estimates, making it the most fuel-efficient full-size pickup when it hits showrooms in May.
VW diesel lawsuits in Fla., Utah dismissed by federal judge
April 17A U.S. judge dismissed environmental lawsuits filed against Volkswagen over excess diesel emissions by Salt Lake County and Hillsborough County, Fla.
JLR confirms 1,000 jobs to go as diesel sales slump
April 16Jaguar Land Rover said it will cut 1,000 jobs and reduce production at two UK factories as demand for diesel cars slumps because of higher taxes and a regulatory crackdown.
VW's top labor representative backs Diess as new CEO
April 13VW's top labor representative, Bernd Osterloh, has backed the choice of Herbert Diess as the automaker's new CEO. In the past, Osterloh has accused Diess of betraying workers.
VW's warring stakeholders to hash out a new strategy
April 12VW's directors will meet on Thursday to discuss a far-reaching shake-up of its structure and leadership, in a test of unity for the automaker's often divided stakeholders.
VW diesels pile up coast to coast
March 30VW is taking parking lots to a new level -- and will not be emptying them soon. As part of a sweeping program to buy back diesels in violation of emissions rules, VW is using 37 secure storage sites to house nearly 300,000 VW and Audi models. The sites include a shuttered suburban Detroit football stadium, a former Minnesota paper mill and a sun-bleached desert graveyard in California.
Diesels may not be done just yet
April 2It is noteworthy that at the Geneva auto show, VW CEO Matthias Mueller predicted the diesel’s “renaissance” and Mercedes exhibited a preproduction plug-in hybrid version of its OM 654 diesel engine, part of a more than $3 billion investment in a new engine family.
VW to extend diesel trade-in program in Germany
March 29Volkswagen will extend its diesel trade-in incentive program in Germany to the end of June. The automaker had planned to stop the program at the end of this month.
BMW searched by German prosecutors over suspected defeat devices
March 20German prosecutors searched BMW premises at the automaker's Munich headquarters and in Austria, investigating suspected defeat devices capable of manipulating diesel exhaust emissions.
VW headquarters searched by prosecutors in CO2 emissions case
March 20VW's global headquarters were searched by German prosecutors on suspicions that the automaker understated CO2 emissions on more cars than it had publicly admitted.
Fiat Chrysler denied bid to dismiss diesel emission cheating claims
March 16A federal judge ruled that owners of 150,000 Dodge Rams and Jeep Grand Cherokees can proceed to trial over allegations that the vehicles' software was designed to hide emissions over the legal limit.
Audi expects tough year amid model changes
March 15Audi expects a difficult year as the launch of over 20 models such as the all-new Q8 full-size crossover, the A6 sedan and the e-tron electric crossover could hurt deliveries.
