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Tesla Motors announced it faces a shortage of U.S. tax credits for the Model 3, its first mass-market electric vehicle. It was said that, in the first week of orders, 325,000 people had placed refundable $1,000 deposits on the Model 3, a sedan starting at $35,000 with a range of 215 miles and up.As the company has struggled in the past to deliver products on time, some say that the announced crisis is an apparent one, seeing in this announcement a clever production strategy to squeeze more money out of the program for its buyers. Because of a limit on the number of Tesla cu...
Rumors of a dealer class action against Volkswagen have swirled for months, and we have already mentioned about this in one of our previous blogs. But now, a prominent dealer attorney, Leonard Bellavia of Mineola, N.Y., declared he is prepared to file a lawsuit against Volkswagen on behalf of U.S. dealers who supported financial damage after VW’s emissions scandal.The attorney declined to identify his clients, but he mentioned that whether the lawsuit is filed depends on whether the company can reach a settlement with dealers that compensates them fairly for the finan...
As a punishment for pollution from Volkswagen's cars after the automaker cheated on diesel-emissions tests, a national remediation fund and a separate one for California is likely to be established. Volkswagen Group is now in talks with U.S. authorities on this matter.The national fund would be administered by the Environmental Protection Agency and used to promote clean transportation throughout the U.S. The other would be run by California to promote zero-emission vehicles in the state. Negotiations are continuing and many details are still being determined. Through a...
Volkswagen Group's representatives declared they are confident about the possibility to reach an agreement with U.S. regulators on a technical fix for diesel cars, vehicle buybacks and fines.For violating U.S. environmental laws, Vokswagen was sued by the U.S. Justice Department about five months ago. But there is still no fix for nearly 600,000 affected cars in the U.S. Though the U.S. authorities work to clear up the emissions scandal, VW is also progressing in its efforts to investigate the circumstances of the manipulations and will draw "the right conclusions&...
The state of New Mexico on Wednesday sued Volkswagen and subsidiaries Porsche and Audi for using software in their diesel vehicles to cheat U.S. emissions tests, calling the companies "shameless" and vowing to exact costly revenge. Attorney General Hector Balderas filed the lawsuit in state district court late last Tuesday. "It’s not lawful to profiteer and breach the trust of New Mexico consumers, and Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche will be held accountable for their deceptions," Balderas said. "Volkswagen preyed upon hardworking New Mexicans who want to prote...
