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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) ordered Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen to recall and repair “illegal” emissions software in more than 15,000 vehicles with 3.0-liter diesel from model years 2009 – 2015 that were sold in California.The automakers have 45 business days from November 25 to put together a recall plan and deliver it to CARB. The order affects about 15,000 California vehicles out of approximately 85,000 sold in the U.S. with diesel engines supplied by Audi.Audi appeared already to be moving toward a recall for the 3.0-liter models. The luxury brand said in a...
According to calculations based on actual monthly sales reported by the manufacturers, the first reports of November auto sales are in.Statistics show that Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota set the pace in November. Gains among major players fell within a narrow range of 0.3 percent at Ford Motor Co. to 3.8 percent at Nissan Motor Co. Hyundai’s 12 percent increase stood out in percentage terms. Hyundai generated sales of 60,007 vehicles, up 12 percent, for its best-ever November. Only American Honda and Volkswagen Group posted a decline in volume. Overall U.S. sales, wi...
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...
U.S. authorities investigate all members who may cause in the Volkswagen's scandal emissions. Now it is German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH. Bosch occupied with preparing of the key components in the diesel engine for six Volkswagen models and one Audi model that the automaker has admitted to rigging to defeat emissions tests. This situation is still not opened to the public, but it is known that U.S. prosecutors have found evidence of wrongdoing at Bosch. Bosch produces the so called EDC17, an engine control module and a basic software for nearly all the four-cylinder di...
Volkswagen sold fewer vehicles in October, but still more than anybody else in Europe.The VW statistics:Seat car sales declined 11.2%Skoda car sales declined 2.9%Volkswagen lost 0.8%Audi cars sales grew with 3.5%Porsche sales grew with 13.3%The German automaker's sales volume dropped with 0.8% in October and now makes up 25.2% of all cars sold on the continent. Before the scandal broke, that figure stood at 26.1 per cent.Across all brands, 1.14 million vehicles were sold in Europe in October. That's an increase of 2.7% from September's level.German luxury carmakers BMW and Daimler ...
