VW 'Volkswagen Uses Software to increase Pollution'

A transparent attempt at spin and completely disingenuous.

If someone had the balls to just admit they bent the rules till they broke in an attempt to succeed in a very competitive marketplace I'm sure people would be more forgiving.
 
 
http://www.greenfleetmagazine.com/c...60219&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Enewsletter Trying to buy time and start some positive spin, I suppose. :roll:
Volkswagen is planning to offer generous compensation packages to about 600,000 U.S. owners of its clean diesel vehicles that are over the legal limit for tailpipe emissions, a company representative told a German newspaper.
Volkswagen hasn't decided whether it wil offer cash, car buy-backs, repairs or replacement cars, Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the company's claims fund, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, reports Reuters.
Volkswagen has postponed the release of its 2015 financial results and delayed its annual shareholder meeting as it deals with the cost of the diesel emissions scandal.
 
"When were emissions problems first discovered at VW?"
http://seekingalpha.com/news/3121536-emissions-problems-first-discovered-vw?ifp=0

Newly discovered memos and emails suggest that Volkswagen (OTCPK:VLKAY) executives pursued a strategy of delay and obfuscation with U.S regulators after being confronted in early 2014 with evidence that its diesel vehicles were emitting far more pollutants than allowed.

The documents could raise the penalties for VW based on laws requiring public disclosure of problems that could potentially affect a company's stock price.

Separately, South Korean prosecutors raided the local office of Volkswagen and sister firm Audi (OTCPK:AUDVF) today as part of the widening probe into its emissions scandal.
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http://www.greenfleetmagazine.com/n...60303&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Enewsletter
Volkswagen must provide an update on March 24 about how it will bring its roughly 600,000 diesel cars into compliance with clean air laws, according to a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer.
Breyer told Volkswagen’s lawyers at a Feb. 25 hearing in California that he wants them to report back with information on technical solutions for the vehicles. He also asked for a solution regarding the status of negotiations on a settlement with owners affected by the diesel scandal, according to the Associated Press.
Volkswagen admitted to using illegal software two of its TDI clean diesel engines. The software allowed cars to pass emissions tests while emitting nitrogen oxide levels that were 40 times above the allowed limit when operating outside of laboratory testing.
Volkswagen is in settlement negotiations with Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board, as well as the lawyers that are representing the owners of the vehicles
A Volkswagen spokeswoman said the company was working to find a solution but did not provide a timetable
 
Putting any more resources into polishing those poison spraying diesel stinkmobile turds is wasted effort on a backwards evolution.

Putting the same effort and resources towards EV battery tech would be useful forward evolution if the EPA actually had long term environmentally relevant concerns.
 
liveforphysics said:
Putting any more resources into polishing those poison spraying diesel stinkmobile turds is wasted effort on a backwards evolution.

Putting the same effort and resources towards EV battery tech would be useful forward evolution if the EPA actually had long term environmentally relevant concerns.
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I agree....but it seems that everyone who have even heard the words "VW Diesel" now feels they deserve a fistful of dollars to comfort their tormented souls !
 
If proportionality applied to the size of the offense, then all the politicians and American automakers responsible for the rise of the SUV would have to be put to death before VW got any sanctions for breaking the rules in producing the most fuel-efficient ICE cars on USA roads. It's like the parable of the mote and the beam around here.
 
Chalo said:
If proportionality applied to the size of the offense, then all the politicians and American automakers responsible for the rise of the SUV would have to be put to death before VW got any sanctions for breaking the rules in producing the most fuel-efficient ICE cars on USA roads. It's like the parable of the mote and the beam around here.
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You're right from a net harms perspective.

I see it as a catalyst to the conclusion of an unsustainable model that failed to account for the atmosphere being a closed loop system intimately tied to the life support if all living beings.
 
The fingers said:
http://www.greenfleetmagazine.com/c...60219&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Enewsletter Trying to buy time and start some positive spin, I suppose. :roll:
Volkswagen is planning to offer generous compensation packages to about 600,000 U.S. owners of its clean diesel vehicles that are over the legal limit for tailpipe emissions, a company representative told a German newspaper.
Volkswagen hasn't decided whether it wil offer cash, car buy-backs, repairs or replacement cars, Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the company's claims fund, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, reports Reuters.
Volkswagen has postponed the release of its 2015 financial results and delayed its annual shareholder meeting as it deals with the cost of the diesel emissions scandal.
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Legalese to lay-language: " planning to offer " or similar words like, " we intend to ", in legal circles means: NOTHING. Worse, it's an attempt to deceive, in my experience. Any promise without a timeline is also NOTHING.
 
Kentucky is suing Volkswagen over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, saying the automaker violated the state's Consumer Protection Act. The decision makes Kentucky at least the fifth U.S. state to take VW (OTCPK:VLKAY) to court, along with New Jersey, Texas, New Mexico and West Virginia. On Jan. 4, the U.S. Justice Department filed its own lawsuit accusing Volkswagen of violating clean air laws and seeking up to $46B.
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As Volkswagen scrambles to meet a deadline this week to finalize a fix for almost 600K American cars equipped with its test-cheating software, many industry insiders are still skeptical that an engineering solution is possible. Another extension to the deadline from the U.S. court will likely not help VW (OTCPK:VLKAY), since under German law, the automaker must release its delayed results for 2015 by April 28.
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http://seekingalpha.com/news/3173524-due-date-nears-vws-diesel-plan
 
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