Tag: Product liability
Fiat Chrysler pays $300 million for US emissions fraud
exhaust gases The emissions scandal is also expensive for Fiat Chrysler. (Photo: dpa) Detroit The car manufacturer Fiat Chrysler’s affair about exhaust gas manipulations in the USA is again costly.…
Fiat Chrysler pays $300 million for US emissions fraud
exhaust gases The emissions scandal is also expensive for Fiat Chrysler. (Photo: dpa) Detroit The car manufacturer Fiat Chrysler’s affair about exhaust gas manipulations in the USA is again costly.…
Volkswagen in the clutches of justice
Dusseldorf They were half judgments, half homilies. When the lawyers at Volkswagen AG opened their mail in year three of the diesel affair, they had to take a deep breath.…
T-Mobile US plans $500 million settlement
T Mobile logo A hacker attack stole customer data from 76.6 million US residents. Now T-Mobile US wants to increase its cyber security. (Photo: AP) Bellevue The American Telekom subsidiary…
ID models are finally getting new software
Volkswagen ID.3 In the future, the electric model will no longer have to go to the workshop for software updates. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Volkswagen is making progress with the software…
Scott Keogh becomes CEO of Volkswagen’s Scout brand in the USA
Scott Keogh The head of the Volkswagen North America region has been appointed CEO of Scout. (Photo: AP) Wolfsburg Scott Keogh is to set up the newly founded company Scout…
How Volkswagen gets into the existential crisis
Dusseldorf Two Indians and a Swiss student were the first to find out about Volkswagen. All three were enrolled at West Virginia University, where they worked at the Institute for…
How Volkswagen gets into the existential crisis
Dusseldorf September 18, 2015 was a fateful day for Volkswagen. Just before the weekend, the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent out a “notification of a violation,” according to official…
EPA has to review glyphosate again – Bayer wins further lawsuit
Bayer The weed killer is still a legal risk for Bayer. (Photo: dpa) san francisco The US Environmental Protection Agency has been ordered by an appeals court to re-examine the…
Operation of cattle farms probably under forced labor
Rio de Janeiro Ricardo Rezende Figueira first heard about the brutality of the German carmaker Volkswagen when three workers came to see him in the mid-1970s. They had fled from…
US wants to confiscate two of Oligarch Abramovich’s planes
Roman Abramovich The oligarch has been criticized for his closeness to Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: dpa) As a result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, US authorities…
700 complaints about unwanted braking at Tesla
Tesla Autopilot Tesla’s system is said to have braked undesirably several times. (Photo: Reuters) new York In the USA, more than 750 Tesla drivers have complained to the traffic safety…
Apparently investigations against VW in Brazil on human rights violations
Berlin According to media reports, Volkswagen was faced with investigations into suspected human rights violations in Brazil several years ago. As NDR, SWR and “Süddeutsche Zeitung” reported on Sunday, the…
Hope for a quick end to the glyphosate trial is fading
Dusseldorf In the legal dispute over the alleged health risks of the weed killer glyphosate, Bayer has suffered a serious setback in the USA. In a statement, the US Department…
US government takes on Bayer in important glyphosate lawsuit
weed killer It is about reviewing a judgment in favor of plaintiff Edwin Hardeman, who blames products containing glyphosate for his cancer. (Photo: IMAGO/Martin Wagner) Washington The US government advised…
Thanks to the agricultural business, Bayer expects a very successful start to the year
Frankfurt Despite the war in Ukraine, Bayer boss Werner Baumann is optimistic about the business of the agricultural and pharmaceutical group. Despite all the uncertainties in the world, a very…
Ex-Volkswagen boss Winterkorn may have to go to court after all
Former Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn In January 2021, the Braunschweig Regional Court ruled that the proceedings against Winterkorn should be discontinued because of the threat of a significantly higher sentence in…
Bayer AG: Shareholder advisors give board of management backing
Bayer boss Werner Baumann Some shareholders still chafe at him and his work. (Photo: imago images/sepp spiegl) Dusseldorf The Bayer board of directors around CEO Werner Baumann should be spared…
Volkswagen doubles the retention period for company cars
Volkswagen cars only for regular customers Tiguan production at Volkswagen’s main plant in Wolfsburg: Group managers now have to wait much longer for a company car. (Photo: www.imago-images.de) Dusseldorf The…
Tesla keeps VW at a distance for a long time
Tesla production in Grünheide The US automaker will remain the world’s largest supplier of electric cars for years to come. (Photo: via REUTERS) Dusseldorf Volkswagen is unlikely to catch up…