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

Volkswagen agrees to pay its U.S. dealers up to US$1.2 billion to compensate them for their losses resulting from the company's emissions cheating scandal.
2016-10-1

Litigants file a new wave of lawsuits against Volkswagen regarding its emissions scandal.
2016-09-21

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

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 executives admit the diesel emissions cheating was the result of a collection of failures within the company, rather than just the actions of rogue engineers. In 2005, VW began working on software after they were unable to find an affordable technical solution to U.S. nitrogen oxide emissions standards.
2015-12-10

Volkswagen says it has found faulty emissions readings for the first time in gasoline-powered vehicles, widening a scandal that so far had centered on diesel engines.
2015-11-3

U.K. transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin says Volkswagen has to start financially addressing this problem by compensating motorists with, the estimated total is £600m (US$925 million).
2015-10-30

The German automotive watchdog KBA orders Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million cars in that country after the emissions scandal becomes public knowledge.
2015-10-15