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MEPs say bigger cuts would hurt carmakers and consumers but back curbs on microplastics in brakes and tyres
Rupert Stadler tells court he suspected emissions cheating before practice was uncovered
The clean energy transition requires painful trade-offs
Berlin and Rome raise objections to rules agreed by member states last year
Coalition ministers from pro-market FDP say Brussels must allow for use of vehicles running on e-fuels after 2035
New rules focus on post-combustion engine future but are labelled weak by environmental campaigners
Lindner’s stance on EU plans set to cause ructions within Berlin coalition
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
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