Tag: Cars

Volkswagen's former CEO, Martin Winterkorn, was charged with wire fraud Thursday in the U.S. investigation of the company's compliance with emissions standards.

VW to go to court to keep Tenn. plant workers from UAW

Bernie Woodall · April 25, 2016 4:48 pm

Volkswagen's clean diesel vehicles would limit the amount of nitrogen released from the vehicles when they could tell that they were being tested. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

House Dems want criminal penalties for cheating emissions tests

Kyle Feldscher · April 22, 2016 5:56 pm

Michigan congressman says the devil will be in the details of Volkswagen's agreement with feds. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Energy and Environment

Upton cautiously cheers VW deal

Kyle Feldscher · April 21, 2016 8:15 pm

Volkswagen agreed Thursday to buy back hundreds of thousands of vehicles affected by software that allowed its clean diesel vehicles to skirt emissions laws in the United States. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Energy and Environment

VW announces plan to buy back vehicles that cheated emissions tests

Kyle Feldscher · April 21, 2016 6:32 pm

Mitsubishi Motors were raided Thursday over revelations it falsified fuel economy data. (Yuki Sato/Kyodo News via AP)

Energy and Environment

Mitsubishi raided for falsifying fuel economy data

John Siciliano · April 21, 2016 6:10 pm

Michigan Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters have attempted to use the $250 million fund as a bargaining chip in getting a federal funding deal for Flint and other cities with lead-contaminated water. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Energy and Environment

Measure killing bargaining chip for Flint aid fails

Kyle Feldscher · April 21, 2016 5:59 pm

A labor board panel voted 2-1 in the UAW's favor, in an order released Wednesday, as it ruled against Volkswagen's argument that the union must organize all of the plant's workers. (AP Photo)

Labor board says UAW can organize Tenn. workers

detroit-free, brent-snavely · April 14, 2016 7:15 pm

The proposed rule on greenhouse gas emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks would prohibit the conversion of street vehicles into racing vehicles. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Energy and Environment

GOP wants answers about EPA rule that could cripple racing

Kyle Feldscher · April 12, 2016 10:57 pm

Elon Musk received 325,000 orders since the introduction of the Model 3. (AP Photo/Justin Pritchard)

Energy and Environment

Is Elon Musk picking up where Obama failed?

John Siciliano · April 10, 2016 4:01 am

Fuel-efficiency rules mean cars that use higher-priced, premium gasoline, the Energy Department's data arm says. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Energy and Environment

Feds: EPA rules forcing more expensive fuel on drivers

John Siciliano · April 6, 2016 11:44 pm

Pope Francis' Fiat 500 was sold to a Jewish businessman for $300,000. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Popemobile sells for big bucks in auction

Anna Giaritelli · April 1, 2016 11:43 pm

The FTC suit underscores that consumers had bought the diesel cars with the understanding that the vehicles were in full compliance with the law and were indeed "clean" diesel vehicles. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Feds sue VW over false ‘clean diesel’ advertising

John Siciliano · March 29, 2016 5:42 pm