https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German luxury carmaker Audi said Tuesday it planned to slash 9,500 jobs in Germany by 2025 as part of a massive overhaul to help finance a costly switch to electric vehicles. https://www.thelocal.de/20191126/audi-to-slash-9500-jobs-in-germany Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:22:34 +0100 audi-to-slash-9500-jobs-in-germany The emissions cheating scandal, which on Tuesday saw three Volkswagen chiefs charged and its rival Daimler heavily fined, has had major repercussions for the car industry since it broke four years ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20190924/five-things-to-know-about-germanys-dieselgate-scandel Tue, 24 Sep 2019 20:28:54 +0200 five-things-to-know-about-germanys-dieselgate-scandel German prosecutors said Tuesday they had charged Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess, former boss Martin Winterkorn and supervisory board chief Hans Dieter Pötsch with "market manipulation" relating to the car giant's "dieselgate" scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20190924/dieselgate-german-prosecutors-charge-car-industry-bosses-with-market-manipulation Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:40:07 +0200 dieselgate-german-prosecutors-charge-car-industry-bosses-with-market-manipulation Former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler could become the first auto boss to stand trial in Germany over the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, four years and tens of billions of euros after parent company Volkswagen first admitted to the scheme. https://www.thelocal.de/20190731/dieselgate-prosecutors-charge-former-audi-boss-with-fraud Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:31:46 +0200 dieselgate-prosecutors-charge-former-audi-boss-with-fraud Efforts by courts to impose diesel driving bans are "self-destructive" and put German prosperity at risk, the transport minister warned Friday, as tempers flared in the battle against urban air pollution. https://www.thelocal.de/20181116/diesel-driving-bans-self-destructive-says-german-transit-minister Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:32:24 +0100 diesel-driving-bans-self-destructive-says-german-transit-minister A German court released Tuesday former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler after months in custody but he remains under suspicion in connection with parent group Volkswagen's role in the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20181030/former-audi-boss-released-as-diesel-probe-continues Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:08:10 +0100 former-audi-boss-released-as-diesel-probe-continues Volkswagen said Tuesday its subsidiary Audi had agreed to pay an €800 million fine issued by German prosecutors to close a diesel cheating investigation. https://www.thelocal.de/20181016/audi-to-pay-100-million-fine-in-germany-over-diesel-cheating Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:02:58 +0200 audi-to-pay-100-million-fine-in-germany-over-diesel-cheating After years watching Tesla's electric cars speed ahead while they have been on the defensive over an industry-wide diesel emissions scandal, German high-end manufacturers have finally unveiled their first challengers to the Californian upstart. https://www.thelocal.de/20180923/late-to-the-party-german-carmakers-join-race-against-tesla Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:23:26 +0200 late-to-the-party-german-carmakers-join-race-against-tesla The EU opened an in-depth probe into alleged collusion by major German carmakers over anti-pollution technology Tuesday, a fresh blow to the scandal-hit industry three years after the notorious "dieselgate." https://www.thelocal.de/20180918/eu-targets-bmw-daimler-vw-in-pollution-cartel-probe Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:56:11 +0200 eu-targets-bmw-daimler-vw-in-pollution-cartel-probe Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler was arrested on Monday in connection with parent company Volkswagen's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, with prosecutors saying they feared he might try to destroy evidence. https://www.thelocal.de/20180618/audi-boss-arrested-over-diesel-emissions-manipulation Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:03:41 +0200 audi-boss-arrested-over-diesel-emissions-manipulation German luxury brand Audi has stopped production of its latest A6 model over suspicions it contains software to manipulate emissions controls, local media reported on Tuesday, as the "dieselgate" scandal continues to dog parent company Volkswagen. https://www.thelocal.de/20180508/audi-halts-a6-production-over-new-emissions-cheating-report Tue, 08 May 2018 15:50:38 +0200 audi-halts-a6-production-over-new-emissions-cheating-report German prosecutors said Friday they have arrested a former executive of top-of-the-range car maker Audi in connection with the massive emissions-cheating scandal that has engulfed its parent company Volkswagen since 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20170707/audi-exec-arrested-in-munich-over-dieselgate-emissions-scam Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:08:54 +0200 audi-exec-arrested-in-munich-over-dieselgate-emissions-scam German authorities have found emissions-cheating devices on 24,000 Audi vehicles in Europe, including some 14,000 cars in Germany, transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170602/24000-audis-in-europe-have-emission-cheating-gear-germany-finds Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:13:59 +0200 24000-audis-in-europe-have-emission-cheating-gear-germany-finds German media reported on Wednesday that a police raid had been launched on Audi offices in connection with the so-called dieselgate emissions cheating scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20170315/audi-headquarters-raided-by-police-over-emissions-cheating-scandal Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:55:56 +0100 audi-headquarters-raided-by-police-over-emissions-cheating-scandal German carmaker Volkswagen will recall nearly 600,000 vehicles in the United States, most of them its premium Audi brand, over defects that could lead to fires or airbag malfunctions. https://www.thelocal.de/20170129/volkswagen-to-recall-600000-vehicles-in-us Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:34:10 +0100 volkswagen-to-recall-600000-vehicles-in-us Major names in the auto industry found themselves caught in headlights of a global engine-rigging scandal on Friday as Volkswagen totted up the costs it faces so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20160422/car-makers-recall-630000-vehicles-over-emissions-flaws Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:50:44 +0200 car-makers-recall-630000-vehicles-over-emissions-flaws German auto giant Volkswagen, mired in a massive emissions cheating scandal, said Monday that it has found technical solutions for more than 90 percent of the vehicles affected in Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20151124/vw-can-fix-90-percent-of-cheating-cars Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:28:18 +0100 vw-can-fix-90-percent-of-cheating-cars The Local explains how owners can tell if their Volkswagen contains one of the engines designed to cheat emissions testing - and what to do next. https://www.thelocal.de/20150928/how-to-tell-if-your-volkswagen-contains-cheat-software Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:31:36 +0200 how-to-tell-if-your-volkswagen-contains-cheat-software German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed auto giant Volkswagen Tuesday to assure "full transparency" in a spiralling scandal over pollution test cheating. https://www.thelocal.de/20150922/vw-faces-criminal-probe-over-emissions-scandal Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:37:37 +0200 vw-faces-criminal-probe-over-emissions-scandal Germany's mighty auto industry is stepping on the accelerator so it won't be left behind by a US upstart racing ahead in the market for luxury electric cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20150916/carmarkers-set-electric-to-stun-in-tesla-battle Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:36:59 +0200 carmarkers-set-electric-to-stun-in-tesla-battle