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VW engineer sentenced to 40-month prison term in diesel case

EghtesadOnline: A federal judge in Detroit sentenced former engineer James Liang to 40 months in prison on Friday for his role in Volkswagen AG’s multiyear scheme to sell diesel cars that generated more pollution than U.S. clean air rules allowed.
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Publish Date:26/August/2017 | 13:53

VW Begins Training Iranian Sales Team

EghtesadOnline: Mammut Khodro, a joint venture between Mammut Group and Germany’s Volkswagen, is sending Iranian sales people to Volkswagen Academy for training.
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Publish Date:04/July/2017 | 08:37

VW Commercial Importer in Iran Denies Upstaging Dealership

EghtesadOnline: Contrary to reports that commercial vehicle importer Khodro Sazi Sina (KSS) has outbid Mammut Group's subsidiary on the contract for the import of Volkswagen-branded cars to Iran; the managing director of KSS has dismissed the original report as "baseless".
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Publish Date:27/April/2017 | 10:59

German court rebuffs VW complaint over prosecutors' searches

EghtesadOnline: A German court has rebuffed Volkswagen's attempt to prevent prosecutors from using information seized during searches of the law firm which the carmaker had hired to investigate its emissions scandal.
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Publish Date:03/April/2017 | 13:16

VW Board Set to Sign Off on $4.3 Billion U.S. Diesel Penalty

EghtesadOnline: Volkswagen AG’s supervisory board is set to sign off on a $4.3 billion settlement of U.S. criminal and civil penalties for rigging diesel-powered cars to cheat on emissions tests, the latest step in the carmaker’s effort to resolve the scandal.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 05:49
Can you say class action in German? Nein.

VW Litigation Shows How the U.S. System Is Better for Plaintiffs

EghtesadOnline: Andreas Tilp was born in Plochingen, Germany, studied law a short train ride away in Tübingen, and works in the neighboring town of Kirchentellinsfurt. In what could be the biggest case of his decades of practice, he’s representing hundreds of clients in a lawsuit against that most German of companies, Volkswagen, which will be heard in a courtroom in Braunschweig, a 45-minute drive from VW ’s headquarters.
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Publish Date:25/December/2016 | 11:01

Piech, Porsche families say united behind VW management: Spiegel

EghtesadOnline: The Piech and Porsche families that control more than 52 percent of Volkswagen have vowed to back senior management, setting aside past disputes as the carmaker struggles to overcome an emissions scandal, Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.
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Publish Date:23/October/2016 | 08:53

VW , suppliers settle dispute after marathon talks

EghtesadOnline: Volkswagen and two of its parts suppliers on Tuesday resolved a contract dispute that had hit output at more than half of the carmaker's German plants and threatened to undermine its recovery from a diesel emissions scandal.
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Publish Date:24/August/2016 | 07:29

VW , Audi resume crisis talks after Audi CEO arrest: sources

EghtesadOnline: Volkswagen bosses were locked in a second day of hastily convened meetings to address a leadership crisis sparked by the arrest of the head of the carmaker’s Audi brand, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:19/June/2018 | 10:46

VW Finds a Warm Welcome in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: Volkswagen distributor in Iran Mammut Khodro started presales of two models, Tiguan and Passat, in Tehran last week. The cars found a warm welcome.
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Publish Date:14/January/2018 | 14:06

VW Working on Gas-Powered Vehicles for Iran

EghtesadOnline: German car maker Volkswagen ( VW ) is reportedly pursuing plans to manufacture vehicles in Iran that will be optimized to run on compressed natural gas (CNG).
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Publish Date:29/April/2017 | 11:27

VW 's Seat considers selling cars in Iran - CEO

EghtesadOnline: Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary Seat is considering selling its cars in Iran to broaden its reach beyond the crowded European market, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:09/March/2017 | 08:30

VW ’s Moia Brand Goes After Uber, Apple With Electric Shuttles

EghtesadOnline: Volkswagen AG, which is shifting priorities in the wake of the diesel scandal and stepping up competition against the likes of Uber Technologies Inc., plans to launch a business focused on ride-hailing, autonomous driving and electric cars in two European cities next year before expanding to other regions.
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Publish Date:05/December/2016 | 11:48

VW Halts German Production Over Unprecented Fight With Supplier

EghtesadOnline: Volkswagen AG factories in Germany are grinding to a halt after a supplier took the unprecedented step of cutting off the automaker as the two battle in court and engage in a public war of words about who’s to blame for the impasse.
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Publish Date:20/August/2016 | 09:49