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Toyota reduces its production quota for next month by 40% due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in Asia severely impacting the company's supply chains, especially those involved in chip production. Up to this point, the company was one of the only major car manufacturers to avoid scaling back production during the pandemic. Volkswagen warns that it might also have to reduce its production quotas for similar reasons.
2021-08-19

Volkswagen is fined €1 billion by German prosecutors after cheating on diesel particulate emissions testing.
2018-06-13

An engineer from Volkswagen pleads guilty for his role in the emissions cheating scandal.
2016-09-9

Volkswagen gets approval from Germany's motor vehicle authority for technical fixes on 460,000 cars.
2016-08-14

Volkswagen faces settlement costs of $15 billion to settle lawsuits in the United States resulting from the rigging of emissions tests.
2016-06-27

Volkswagen reaches a deal with the United States government that includes vehicle buybacks and cash compensation.
2016-04-21

Volkswagen says that 11 million vehicles could have suspect emission control software and it has set aside 6.5 billion euros ($7.2 billion US dollars) for possible fines, repairs, and litigation.
2015-09-22

A robot kills a man, who was a contractor, at a Volkswagen production plant in Baunatal, Germany. Spokesman Heiko Hillwig said the 22-year-old victim was part of a team that was setting up the robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate. The death was preliminarily attributed to human error, rather than any issue with the robot itself; prosecutors are contemplating whether to charge anybody.
2015-06-29

Ferdinand Piëch, grandson of the inventor of the Volkswagen Beetle and chairman of Volkswagen for more than 20 years, steps down from that post under trade union pressure.
2015-04-25

Volkswagen's luxury brands Porsche, Audi and Bentley have each posted record sales for 2013.
2014-01-10