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New bill would roll back emissions testing requirements in North Carolina

3:58pm March 27, 2023

Senate Bill 341 proposes to reduce most car inspections to every other year rather than annually and eliminate emission tests in all counties but Mecklenburg.

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Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, arrives for questioning at an investigation committee of the German federal parliament in Berlin, Germany, in January 2017.

Former Volkswagen CEO Indicted Over Emissions Testing Scandal

8:59am May 04, 2018

A U.S. grand jury has charged Martin Winterkorn, VW's former CEO and five other ex-executives on felony charges of conspiracy. In 2015, VW admitted installing cheat devices in its diesel vehicles.

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Volkswagen has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts as part of the settlement announced Wednesday by the Justice Department.

Volkswagen To Plead Guilty, Pay $4.3 Billion In Emissions Scheme Settlement

3:42pm January 11, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The Justice Department also announced the indictments of six VW executives. Volkswagen has admitted equipping diesel vehicles with software to cheat emissions tests and then lying to regulators.

Volkswagen logos are visible at a dealership in Los Angeles on June 28. Volkswagen has agreed to pay out $14.7 billion in a settlement with U.S. authorities and car owners over its emissions-test-cheating diesel-powered cars. The settlement was approved o

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Judge Approves VW's $14.7 Billion Settlement Over Emissions Scandal

12:50pm October 25, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Volkswagen agreed this summer to pay up to $10 billion to U.S. car owners and nearly $5 billion in environmental reparations for selling cars that cheated on emissions tests. The deal is now approved.

The $1,000 package of incentives is available to about 480,000 customers with 2-liter, four-cylinder diesel vehicles.

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Volkswagen Makes 'Goodwill' Gesture To Defrauded Diesel Owners

2:41pm November 09, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

The company says vehicle owners who apply to receive a $500 prepaid Visa card, a $500 dealership card and three years of free roadside assistance won't give up their right to sue.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that additional diesel Volkswagens were equipped with

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EPA Says It Has Found More 'Defeat Devices' In Volkswagen Cars

6:22pm November 02, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The U.S. government says the German automaker's software allowed 10,000 more diesel cars than it had acknowledged earlier to run more cleanly during emissions testing than in real-world conditions.