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Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was being detained due to fears he might hinder an ongoing investigation into the diesel emissions scandal

Audi CEO arrested in Germany over diesel scandal

The head of Volkswagen's luxury arm Audi was arrested today, the most senior company official so far to be taken into custody over the German carmaker's emissions test cheating scandal.

Business • 18 Jun 18

Volkswagen's new chief executive Herbert Diess

VW fined €1 billion by German prosecutors on emissions

Volkswagen was fined €1 billion over diesel emissions cheating in what amounts to one of the highest ever fines imposed by German authorities against a company, public prosecutors have said.

Business • 14 Jun 18

Several big companies will be hit by Donald Trump's sanctions against Iran

Businesses among biggest losers from US Iran shift

US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear pact threatens new business for several big companies, including Boeing, Airbus and General Electric.

Iran • 09 May 18

Audi's announcement came a day before its annual share holder meeting, where it was hoping to focus on its electric car plans

Audi discovers more emission problems with 60,000 cars

Audi has discovered problems with emissions with another 60,000 cars.

Business • 08 May 18

Martin Winterkorn resigned days after the scandal over polluting vehicles in the US became public in September 2015.

Ex-Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn charged in US over scandal

The US Justice Department has disclosed the filing of criminal charges against former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to cover up the German car maker's diesel emissions cheating.

Business • 04 May 18

Volkswagen names Herbert Diess as its new chief executive in an overhaul of the company's structure

Volkswagen names new boss to steer sweeping overhaul

Volkswagen has chosen Herbert Diess as its new chief executive in an overhaul that includes streamlining the company's multiple car brands into just three groups while preparing its truck business for a potential listing.

Business • 13 Apr 18

Matthias Mueller, a Volkswagen veteran, was installed at short notice as CEO in 2015

Volkswagen to replace CEO with VW brand chief - sources

Volkswagen is poised to replace chief executive Matthias Mueller with the head of its core VW brand, Herbert Diess, two people familiar with the matter said.

Business • 11 Apr 18

German authorities searched 13 offices in the VW headquarters in Wolfsburg at the start of March

VW says headquarters searched again by prosecutors

Volkswagen said today that its global headquarters were searched again by German prosecutors in early March as part of an investigation into its diesel emissions scandal, confirming a magazine report.

Business • 20 Mar 18

Volkswagen in German deal on wages, leave, pensions

Volkswagen has agreed to raise the wages of around 120,000 workers in Germany by 4.3% from May, resolving a dispute that had prompted its first strikes since 2004.

Business • 21 Feb 18

MEPs accused car makers of undermining the work of legislators

No monkey business as MEPs debate car emissions

Conor McMorrow reports that MEPs engaged in a passionate debate about car makers and their emissions tests on monkeys.

Analysis and Comment • 11 Feb 18

EU commissioner for industry told MEPs the car industry has to behave more responsibly

EC urges car makers to 'behave more ethically'

The European Commission has urged car makers to "behave more ethically" and responsibly, following a scandal over diesel emissions, and revelations of diesel exhaust tests on monkeys and humans.

Transport • 06 Feb 18

VW suspends chief lobbyist over fume tests on monkeys

Volkswagen has suspended its chief lobbyist in response to reports the carmaker had sponsored tests that exposed monkeys and humans to toxic diesel fumes, methods condemned by its chief executive as repulsive.

Business • 30 Jan 18

The world's largest carmaker by sales now expects group revenue to exceed last year's record of €217 billion by more than a quarter by 2020

VW raises 2020 sales outlook on emerging-market growth

Volkswagen has raised its mid-term revenue outlook on demand for new sport-utility vehicles in emerging markets and upgraded a pre-tax profit goal even as it pushes investments in electric cars and new technologies.

Business • 20 Nov 17

Volkswagen lifts its profit guidance for this year

Volkswagen lifts its full year profit outlook

Volkswagen has lifted its profit target for the year after cost cuts at its core autos division helped it outstrip third quarter earnings forecasts.

Business • 27 Oct 17

VW CEO Matthias Mueller said the company's board had set out a new focus for its mass-market VW, Skoda and Seat brands

Volkswagen says to make brands more distinct

Volkswagen will make its three mass-market brands more distinct to reduce overlaps and defuse tensions within the carmaking group, its chief executive has said.

Business • 13 Oct 17

Volkswagen's plant in Wolfsburg, Germany

VW seeks to curb competition from Skoda - sources

Volkswagen managers and unions are seeking to curb competition from lower-cost stablemate Skoda, according to company sources.

Business • 05 Oct 17

Volkswagen has recalled 11 million cars worldwide since admitting two years ago to manipulating US emissions tests

VW takes new €2.5 billion hit over emissions scandal

Volkswagen said it added provisions of around €2.5 billion today to the mounting total from its diesel emissions scandal, which has already cost the company around €20 billion.

Business • 29 Sep 17

Volkswagen expects SUVs to account for 40% of its global sales by 2020

Volkswagen Ireland unveils new scrappage deal

Volkswagen Ireland is introducing a scrappage scheme of up to €6,500 for people trading in an older diesel car for one of its new models across its brands.

Business • 01 Sep 17

A VW spokesman confirmed an extraordinary supervisory board meeting would be held on Wednesday but declined to give details

VW calls crisis meeting to discuss EU cartel probe

Volkswagen will hold a special supervisory board meeting on Wednesday to discuss allegations that German carmakers operated a wide-ranging cartel, a source familiar with the matter has said.

Business • 24 Jul 17

New car registrations in the European Union and European Free Trade Association rose to 1.43 million in May

European car sales rise 7.7% in May

European car sales rose 7.7% in May from the same month a year ago, industry data showed today, returning to growth after a dip in April and with nearly all auto manufacturers recording sales increases.

Business • 16 Jun 17

An offer to extend vehicle guarantees would be the first step from the company to respond to pressure from Brussels in more than one year since the Dieselgate scandal broke

VW offers EU customers extra guarantee over emissions

Volkswagen has agreed to offer an extra two-year guarantee but no compensation to European customers in talks with Europe's consumer rights chief after the German carmaker was caught cheating on emissions tests.

Business • 14 Jun 17

Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller said the company's efforts are paying off

Volkswagen brand profit soars as cost cuts materialise

Volkswagen said profit at its troubled core division soared in the first quarter, a sign that long-overdue cost cuts are materialising as the carmaker pushes a post-dieselgate strategic shift.

Business • 03 May 17

Seat made an operating profit of €143m last year compared with a €7m loss in 2015

Volkswagen's Seat returns to profit in 2016

Volkswagen's Spanish division Seat today reported its first annual operating profit since 2007.

Business • 23 Mar 17

Audi offices searched for second day in emissions probe

German investigators searched Audi offices for a second day today in connection with the emissions scandal still rocking parent Volkswagen, according to the Munich prosecutor's office.

Business • 16 Mar 17

Audi CEO Rupert Stadler comes under more pressure as German prosecutors search the company's two biggest plants

Audi searched by German police in Dieselgate swoop

German prosecutors searched Audi's two biggest plants and other sites today in connection with the emissions scandal still rocking parent Volkswagen.

Business • 15 Mar 17