EU cautious with German diesel plan
The European Commission welcomed the German carmakers' pledge to update software in diesel cars, but is waiting for details on how emissions will be reduced.
On-road emissions tests: How EU failed to change to the fast lane
One year ago, EU members agreed to an on-road test for car emissions, but with options to carmakers to exceed the limits. How did it all happen?
German car cartel case may take long time to prove
The EU commission confirms it has received "information" about a possible cartel that is “currently being assessed", but refused to provide any further comments.
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Commission: clean up diesel cars, or EU agency inevitable
"It seems we have not yet reached the bottom of the emission scandal", said the European commissioner for industry, Elzbieta Bienkowska, in a confidential letter.
EU scientists find VW car more polluting after Dieselgate 'fix'
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has tested a Volkswagen Tiguan before and after the carmaker removed the illegal emissions cheating software.
Dutch authority suspects emissions fraud in Suzuki car
“It is possible that a crime has been committed,” car type-approval authority RDW said about the emissions strategy used in a Suzuki Vitara.
Ministers water down post-Dieselgate reform
The EU commission wanted the power to hand out fines to cheating automakers, but the council limited the instances in which the commission can do so.
Court case too late to halt new EU car emissions test
The cities of Paris, Brussels, and Madrid have asked the EU's court to annul a new on-road emissions test, but work is not expected to be finished before the summer.
Commission expands legal action to Italy over Dieselgate
An infringement procedure has been opened against Italy, over concerns that the country did not do enough to make sure that Fiat cars were clean enough.
Focus
Study: Dieselgate helped cause 6,800 premature deaths in EU
New research published in Nature science magazine gives a better picture of the health impact of cars emitting beyond the EU limits.
Bundestag to absolve German government on Dieselgate
The draft report of a German investigation into emissions cheating mocks the opposition MPs that set it up: “The Committee has not produced any relevant new findings.”
Report: Germany blocks post-Dieselgate reform
Germany opposes increased EU oversight on how cars are approved, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reports.
MEPs oppose EU agency to prevent Dieselgate II
The European Parliament said on Tuesday that there should be more EU oversight on how cars are approved, but stopped short of calling for an independent EU agency.
Analysis
EU transport sector has a CO2 problem
Although car manufacturers are reaching their CO2 targets for their fleets, car usage has gone up in Germany, while the gap between lab results and actual fuel consumption has increased.
Opinion
Firmer rules needed to root out Dieselgate Inc.
"Dieselgate" is just one case study of how "better regulation" can give industry lobbyists the upper hand.
Interview
Dieselgate: EU disappointed with VW's treatment of customers
VW has refused even a "gentleman's gesture" of non-financial compensation to its Dieselgate-hit customers, the EU's consumer affairs commissioner tells this website.
EU commissioner condemns 'delay' in post-Dieselgate reform
'There is no time to lose,' Elzbieta Bienkowska told member states. 'There is systematic failure in the type approval system in Europe.'
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Germany, Italy may block anti-Dieselgate measures
Member states disagree over whether to allow more oversight at EU level into how cars are being approved.
Dieselgate: MEPs want to give EU more testing powers
EU Commission should have power to veto national car testing programmes, MEPs in lead committee agreed. Meanwhile EU commissioner Bienkowska says member states have learned little from emissions crisis.
No anti-diesel attitude in EU consumers, says car industry
Western European consumers have moved slightly away from buying diesel cars in 2016, but the Brussels-based car industry association does not think it is due to Dieselgate.
Luxembourg sues 'unknown' VW staff on emissions fraud
German car maker continues to refuse compensation for EU customers, but moves afoot to tighten EU car certification system in future.
Interview
Dieselgate will fester, says MEP who wrote damning report
The scandal over emissions cheating is unlikely to end any time soon, the MEP who wrote a highly critical report for the parliament's inquiry committee tells this website.
Dieselgate leak: EU described own policy as 'complete failure'
Three months before the VW scandal broke, a senior EU civil servant said emissions policy was a "failure", but urged commission to put car lobby's interest first.
'No indication' VW used EU loans to cheat
The European Investment Bank found no indication that loans to Volkswagen were used to develop diesel cars with cheating software installed.
Magazine
Dieselgate: The year that went up in smoke
The outrage at Volkswagen's industrial-scale emissions cheating has not subsided, but the EU and Germany have done little to punish the automaker or provide compensation to its customers.
VW 'partially' delivers on EU-wide plan
German carmaker had promised the EU that all its citizens who own a diesel car with cheating software would be informed by the end of the year, but now it says it needs more time.
EU legal guide on emissions still not ready
Industry commissioner Bienkowska promised to help member states interpret the EU law on cheating software by the end of this year.
European maladministration helped cause Dieselgate
EU parliament's inquiry committee publishes draft report, which says member states have broken EU law by failing to check for emissions cheating.
EU finds suspiciously high emissions in Citroen, Audi
The EU's Joint Research Centre's results are dated 10 August, but have not yet been shared with the national authorities, who have the power to act.
EU targets Germany and UK for not fining VW's emissions fraud
European Commission says member states have not done enough to deter or punish carmakers for cheating on emissions tests.
Dieselgate witness contradicts EU commission on test evidence
Missing e-mails, disputed minutes, and heated accusations as the EU parliament's Dieselgate inquiry prepares to wrap up its work.
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