The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the German carmaker Volkswagen, which had previously confessed to manipulating the level of harmful emissions of diesel cars of its production. The lawsuit is filed in federal court in Detroit. If the court takes the side of the plaintiff, the concern will have to pay ...

2015 was wonderful and terrible. The terrorists of the "Islamic State" entered the international arena, the world was replenished with two princesses, scientists found water on Mars, and the Kremlin turned its attention from Donbass to Syria. “Forum” collected the most important and interesting stories of the year. Some of them,…

Stanford professors have filed a federal lawsuit against Volkswagen. The lawsuit alleges that the automaker deliberately manipulated the emission systems in its vehicles by installing specially designed devices to avoid checking mandatory emissions. The lawsuit was filed just a few days after the German automaker ...

Martin Winterkorn, chairman of the board of the largest European carmaker Volkswagen, is leaving his post. The head of the company announced his resignation after a meeting of the management of the concern held in Wolfsburg on September 23, reports the ZEIT ONLINE portal. “Volkswagen needs a fresh start with a new team. I open ...

Shares of the German auto giant Volkswagen fell nearly 16% at the start of trading in Frankfurt amid a scandal over fake gas emissions test data. The company admitted to falsifying data last week following an investigation by the US Agency for ...