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Wolfsburg - Volkswagen said on Thursday that only a small group of employees were responsible for cheating US diesel emissions tests and there was no indication that board members were involved in the biggest business crisis in the firm's history.While offering few specifics, the company’s chairman and chief executive acknowledged that engineers introduced software that would lower emissions of nitrogen oxides in many of its diesel engines after realizing there was no legal way for those engines to meet tight U.S. emissions standards “within the required time frame and budget.&...
Volkswagen Group management reduces the range of possible car model versions and their sets to make up the losses from the emission scandal. This way the German manufacturer hopes to save 1.9 billion euros.The top manager of Volkswagen, Bernd Osterloh, said that this decision, reduce labor costs and complexity, was taken for a long time. Osterloh said reducing the variety of car models and options could enable Volkswagen to "take out costs there on a large scale" without forcing the company to cut jobs, Bloomberg reported. VW has one major U.S. factory, located in Chattanooga, Tenn.V...
The German manufacturer hopes to get from banks 20 billion euros. Volkswagen talks with several banks for a bridge loan in amount of 20 billion euros. The funds will be used to create so-called "financial cushion". As explained the insiders, Volkswagen has no problem with finances. However, with the help of a bridge loan the company wants to solve two problems. Firstly, to have new equipment thet can be used as a reserve. Secondly, to improve the image - to show that Volkswagen has the ability to pay, despite of the scandal with diesel engines.According to anonymous sources...
The Cambridge University proposes to use a new type of batteries - Lithium-oxygen. Cambridge University scientists are working on creating a new type of batteries - Lithium-oxygen. New batteries will significantly increase the cruising range of electric vehicles, and thus will be more profitable to their lithium-ion analogues, according to Financial Times.It is not a secret that the power-reserve is a key for electric vehicles. And, despite of this fact most motorists prefer to buy a car that runs on traditional fuels - gasoline and diesel. However, the invention of scientists from Cambri...
German manufacturer Volkswagen has presented its financial results for the third quarter. This is for the first time when one of the largest automaker in the world after the "diesel scandal" has declared its financial report.The operating loss of Volkswagen in the third quarter amounted to 3.48 billion euros against a profit of 3.23 billion euros in the same period last year. The index exceeded the forecasts of analysts, who had expected that it will be 3.3 billion euros. The loss was the result of "diesel scandal", causing the concern to put aside 6.7 billion eur...
