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German prosecutors open investigation into former Volkswagen CEO

German prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn in the wake of the automaker's revelation that it cheated on emissions tests in some of its diesel cars, multiple media outlets reported Monday. Prosecutors in Braunschweig said the probe would focus on accusations of fraud committed through the sale of vehicles with manipulated emissions data. Ref. USAToday

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Volkswagen U.S. Chief knew of emissions problems in 2014:

It wasn't until last month that Volkswagen disclosed at a meeting with regulators that software in certain diesel vehicles contained a defeat device, which effectively lowered emissions for testing purposes. Ref. Source 2y

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Volkswagen posts $1.83 billion quarterly loss

Volkswagen's revenue rose 8.5% to $177 billion compared to the previous nine months despite the disclosure that it inserted software on 11 million vehicles worldwide that allowed the cars to cheat on their emissions tests. Ref. Source 1l

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Volkswagen cheated on Audi, Porsche diesel SUVs, too

The U.S. Has filed a second complaint against the German automaker, the latest covering 3-liter diesel engines in two of its key Audi and Porsche SUVs covering the 2014 to 2016 model years. Those models spewed emissions up to eight times the allowed standard, the EPA alleges. Ref. CNN

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Volkswagen is a little bit like Donald Trump. You have a pretty good idea that there's a lot of shady politics going on there, and they have complete disdain for the Average Person, but they have histories of past success and over-the-top personalities that ensure they stay in the public eye.

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VW scandal widens: EPA says Volkswagen cheated on all 3-liter diesel models from 2009-2016

The EPA had already accused the automaker of installing so-called defeat-device software on about 10,000 3-liter SUVs and luxury cars from 2014-16, including the 2015-16 Volkswagen Touareg, 2014-16 Porsche Cayenne and the 2015-16 Audi A6, A7, A8 and Q5. Ref. USAToday

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Volkswagen sales plunge 25% in November in wake of emissions scandal

The hardest-hit vehicles are smaller cars such as the Beetle and Passat. Overall, sales plunged 25% to 23,882 units for the Volkswagen brand, compared to the same period a year earlier. Ref. USAToday

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U.S. Government sues Volkswagen alleging Clean Air Act violations

The complaint alleges that VW equipped certain with illegal defeat devices that impair their emission control systems and result in harmful pollution. Ref. USAToday