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VW will appeal $20M Spanish diesel compensation ruling AUTO NEWS EUROPE A Spanish court has ordered Volkswagen to pay 16.3 million euros ($19.8 million) in compensation to people in Spain who bought cars with emissions-cheating devices installed, consumer group OCU said. VW will appeal the ruling, a company spokesman said.

Death of diesel looms as carmakers accelerate to electric future REUTERS The world’s biggest diesel engine factory in Tremery, eastern France, is undergoing a radical overhaul - it’s switching to make electric motors. From less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to around 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach 900,000 a year - or more than half the plant’s peak pre-pandemic output - by 2025.

Ex-VW Manager Released Early From Diesel-Rigging Prison Term BLOOMBERG Former Volkswagen AG executive Oliver Schmidt, whose 2017 arrest at the Miami airport made global headlines, was released from prison after serving a bit more than half his sentence on charges related to the diesel-emissions scandal.

Volkswagen faces EU fine for missing 2020 emissions targets REUTERS Volkswagen faces a fine of more than 100 million euros ($121 million) for missing EU targets on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its 2020 passenger car fleet, the world’s largest carmaker said on Thursday. Volkswagen admitted in 2015 to cheating emissions tests on diesel engines, a scandal that has cost it more than 30 billion euros in regulatory fines and vehicle refits, mostly in the United States. read more »

Toyota settles U.S. probe into delayed emissions defect reports for $180 million REUTERS Toyota Motor Corp settled a lengthy Justice Department civil probe into its delayed filing of emissions-related defect reports for $180 million, the government said on Thursday. The government said the settlement resolved Toyota’s “systematic, longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emission-related defect reporting requirements, which require manufacturers to report potential defects and recalls affecting vehicle components designed to control emissions.” read more »

U.S. asks Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles for touchscreen failures REUTERS The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday asked Tesla Inc to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over media control unit failures that could pose safety risks by leading to touchscreen displays not working.

Hyundai recall 471,000 Tucson SUVs: Automaker says owners should park outside USA TODAY Hyundai is adding about 471,000 SUVs to a September U.S. recall for an electrical short in a computer that could cause fires. And the company is warning owners to park the SUVs outdoors until the problem is repaired.

550,000 pickups are cheating on diesel emissions. Emissions testing might not be enough to stop them THE DAY Federal investigators estimate hundreds of thousands of Americans have illegally rigged their diesel pickups to collectively emit 16 times the level of pollution they otherwise would have over the last 10 years, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The FTC said on Monday that buyers of polluting Volkswagen AG vehicles received more than $9.8 billion in settlements

Fuel Pump Issue-A Must Read For Toyota, Honda Car Owners

The hybrid cars may not enter a failsafe mode in the event the hybrid system exhibits a fault

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Volkswagen Group cannot escape potential financial penalties from two counties in Florida and Utah

Germany's highest civil court has ruled that Volkswagen must pay compensation

Ford customers are wondering why Ford has not fixed the death wobble in its vehicles yet.

Technologies used by Volkswagen to rig vehicle emissions tests should be considered illegal

Toyota hybrid brake defect lawsuit alleges hundreds of crashes have been reported

In the suit, which was filed on Friday, owners of the Toyota cars contend that the braking system intermittently fails

GM CP4 class action lawsuit alleges the Bosch high-pressure fuel injection pumps are destroyed by U.S. diesel fuel

EU consumers should be able to sue car makers in their national courts if they have bought cars with emission cheat devices

$120 million settlement with owners who claimed that their vehicles lost value because of defective ignition switches