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Switch to battery-powered vehicles enjoys record growth on back of government subsidies and emissions regulations
Government sets out strategy to cut transport sector’s carbon emissions to ‘net zero’
Thomas Ulbrich forecasts ‘tremendous challenges’ for internal combustion engine
Carmaker receives payout for damage caused by actions of executives in emissions scandal
Carmaker will recommend shareholders accept deal after it sought damages from Dieselgate-era boss
Europe’s largest auto parts supplier says bloc is overlooking other low-emission transport technologies
Carmaker will also pursue ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler following 6-year probe into emissions cheating
US carmaker becomes first of big groups to go all-electric as it aims for carbon neutrality by 2040
Board comes under fire over corporate structure and continued fallout from ‘Dieselgate’
Winterkorn accused of failing to inform investors in timely manner of existence of defeat devices
Much of the sector is more resilient than those raising the alarm would suggest
German carmaker says it has strengthened its compliance and complaints procedures
Hanover headquarters searched in connection with device used by VW in one of its engines
Motor industry divided over what sort of stimulus it wants from government
Government offers subsidies only for electric vehicles and rejects scrappage scheme for petrol and diesel autos
German court ruling will force carmaker to compensate tens of thousands more customers
Back-up energy centres are only efficient when they use fossil fuels
Herbert Diess and Hans Dieter Pötsch had been charged over Dieselgate accusations
German group’s battle to minimise financial damage from scandal hinges on test case
German car owners have until Monday to register for payouts totalling up to €830m
London’s High Court rules German carmaker circumvented pollution limits with ‘defeat device’ software
UK chancellor prolongs plug-in car grant by three years in measures to curb pollution
World’s largest auto group enjoys earnings boost and increases dividend
Miner expects consumption of metal to increase despite jump in prices
Awards offered to German car owners are far less than in US for emission cheat devices
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