Mexican Media Brands
France Launches VW Diesel Emission Probe
France is launching a formal investigation into Volkswagen AG’s admission that it manipulated 8.5 million diesels sold in Europe to cheat emission standards.
#legal
Share
France is launching a formal investigation into Volkswagen AG’s admission that it manipulated 8.5 million diesels sold in Europe to cheat emission standards.
French prosecutors began a preliminary probe in October that included raids on VW offices in the country. The formal investigation is looking at charges of aggravated fraud, Reuters reports.
VW says its sold 946,100 diesels from its family of 4-cylinder “EA 189” engines in France that were loaded with software designed to evade emission limits.
RELATED CONTENT
-
On Electric Pickups, Flying Taxis, and Auto Industry Transformation
Ford goes for vertical integration, DENSO and Honeywell take to the skies, how suppliers feel about their customers, how vehicle customers feel about shopping, and insights from a software exec
-
GM Develops a New Electrical Platform
GM engineers create a better electrical architecture that can handle the ever-increasing needs of vehicle systems
-
Things to Know About Cam Grinding
By James Gaffney, Product Engineer, Precision Grinding and Patrick D. Redington, Manager, Precision Grinding Business Unit, Norton Company (Worcester, MA)
