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  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    German politics
    German finance minister rejects 2035 combustion engine ban

    Lindner’s stance on EU plans set to cause ructions within Berlin coalition

  • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    European sales of electric cars overtake diesel models for first time

    Switch to battery-powered vehicles enjoys record growth on back of government subsidies and emissions regulations

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Britain targets ban on sale of new diesel and petrol trucks by 2040

    Government sets out strategy to cut transport sector’s carbon emissions to ‘net zero’

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    EU rules will make electric cars more profitable than petrol, says VW executive

    Thomas Ulbrich forecasts ‘tremendous challenges’ for internal combustion engine

  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
    Volkswagen AG
    VW claws back €270m from insurers over Dieselgate

    Carmaker receives payout for damage caused by actions of executives in emissions scandal

  • Sunday, 6 June, 2021
    Volkswagen AG
    Volkswagen nears €10m settlement from former chief Martin Winterkorn

    Carmaker will recommend shareholders accept deal after it sought damages from Dieselgate-era boss

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Bosch blasts EU over electric car ‘fixation’

    Europe’s largest auto parts supplier says bloc is overlooking other low-emission transport technologies

  • Friday, 26 March, 2021
    Volkswagen AG
    Volkswagen to seek diesel damages from former chief Martin Winterkorn

    Carmaker will also pursue ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler following 6-year probe into emissions cheating

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    GM aims to end petrol and diesel sales by 2035

    US carmaker becomes first of big groups to go all-electric as it aims for carbon neutrality by 2040

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    Volkswagen AG
    VW forecasts car sales revival as it attempts to win over shareholders

    Board comes under fire over corporate structure and continued fallout from ‘Dieselgate’

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Volkswagen AG
    Ex-VW boss to be tried on charges of market manipulation over diesel emissions scandal

    Winterkorn accused of failing to inform investors in timely manner of existence of defeat devices

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    News in-depthInside Business
    Why Germany should be wary of a catch-all car industry bailout

    Much of the sector is more resilient than those raising the alarm would suggest

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    Volkswagen AG
    Dieselgate could not happen again, VW executive claims

    German carmaker says it has strengthened its compliance and complaints procedures

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Continental AG
    Continental’s premises searched in diesel scandal probe

    Hanover headquarters searched in connection with device used by VW in one of its engines

  • Tuesday, 9 June, 2020
    UK business & economy
    Car scrappage scheme to boost sales ‘unlikely’, say ministers

    Motor industry divided over what sort of stimulus it wants from government

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
    Automobiles
    German car industry slams Berlin stimulus package

    Government offers subsidies only for electric vehicles and rejects scrappage scheme for petrol and diesel autos

  • Monday, 25 May, 2020
    Volkswagen AG
    VW defeated in landmark Dieselgate case brought by van buyer

    German court ruling will force carmaker to compensate tens of thousands more customers

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    Green Silicon Valley cannot escape diesel power

    Back-up energy centres are only efficient when they use fossil fuels

  • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
    Volkswagen AG
    VW pays €9m to close case against CEO and chairman

    Herbert Diess and Hans Dieter Pötsch had been charged over Dieselgate accusations

  • Sunday, 3 May, 2020
    News in-depthVolkswagen AG
    Judgment day for VW as pensioner’s Dieselgate fight goes to top court

    German group’s battle to minimise financial damage from scandal hinges on test case

  • Monday, 20 April, 2020
    Volkswagen AG
    No-win, no-fee lawyers try to lure VW’s emissions claimants

    German car owners have until Monday to register for payouts totalling up to €830m

  • Monday, 6 April, 2020
    Volkswagen AG
    VW suffers big setback in one of UK’s largest consumer lawsuits

    London’s High Court rules German carmaker circumvented pollution limits with ‘defeat device’ software

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
    UK Budget
    Electric car subsidies extended in £1.3bn green vehicles drive

    UK chancellor prolongs plug-in car grant by three years in measures to curb pollution

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    Volkswagen AG
    Volkswagen defies car downturn as profits surge

    World’s largest auto group enjoys earnings boost and increases dividend

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
    Precious metals
    Russia’s Norilsk says carmakers will not switch from palladium

    Miner expects consumption of metal to increase despite jump in prices

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