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 Prosecutors in Stuttgart said they raided German sports car maker and Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche on Tuesday on suspicion that an auditor was bribed to pass information to the company's tax advisor. https://www.thelocal.de/20190528/german-prosecutors-raid-porsche-in-corruption-probe Tue, 28 May 2019 15:52:05 +0200 german-prosecutors-raid-porsche-in-corruption-probe German sports car maker and Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche will pay a €535-million fine over diesel vehicles that emitted more harmful pollutants than allowed,Stuttgart prosecutors said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190507/luxury-car-maker-porsche-fined-535-million-over-diesel-cheating Tue, 07 May 2019 16:38:04 +0200 luxury-car-maker-porsche-fined-535-million-over-diesel-cheating German prosecutors on Monday said they have launched new legal proceedings over Porsche's role in the diesel emissions cheating scandal that erupted in 2015, which could leave the luxury carmaker facing a large fine. https://www.thelocal.de/20190219/porsche-hit-with-new-legal Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:04:40 +0100 porsche-hit-with-new-legal Porsche customers in the UK should brace for a price hike of up to 10 percent in case of a hard Brexit, the luxury German carmaker warned Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190218/luxury-german-carmaker-porsche-warns-of Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:28:22 +0100 luxury-german-carmaker-porsche-warns-of German judges on Wednesday ordered Volkswagen's largest shareholder, holding company Porsche SE, to pay damages to some of its own investors over its handling of the car giant's "dieselgate" emissions scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20181024/biggest-vw-shareholder-must-pay-damages-over-dieselgate-german Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:57:33 +0200 biggest-vw-shareholder-must-pay-damages-over-dieselgate-german German authorities said on Friday they had ordered 19,000 Porsche SUVs recalled over emissions cheating, saying a total of 60,000 manipulated vehicles had been identified worldwide. https://www.thelocal.de/20180518/porsche-ordered-to-recall-19000-suvs-over-diesel-emissions-cheating Fri, 18 May 2018 16:16:51 +0200 porsche-ordered-to-recall-19000-suvs-over-diesel-emissions-cheating Police in Stuttgart have detained a Porsche manager in a probe into the diesel emissions cheating scandal that the luxury car brand's parent company Volkswagen has struggled to shed. https://www.thelocal.de/20180420/police-arrest-top-porsche-manager-over-diesel-scandal Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:50:49 +0200 police-arrest-top-porsche-manager-over-diesel-scandal German police on Wednesday carried out raids on properties linked to two top Porsche executives and one ex-employee of the luxury carmaker as part of a fraud probe linked to the diesel emissions cheating scandal, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.de/20180418/porsche-executives-have-offices-raided-as-part-of-fraud-investigation Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:21:23 +0200 porsche-executives-have-offices-raided-as-part-of-fraud-investigation Switzerland said on Friday that it will no longer register Porsche's luxury SUV, the Cayenne, with diesel engines citing the fallout from the emissions scandal that has rocked neighbouring Germany's car industry. https://www.thelocal.de/20170818/switzerland-bans-new-porsche-suvs Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:49:42 +0200 switzerland-bans-new-porsche-suvs According to a report in Bild, the Transport Ministry knew in early 2016 that Porsche had installed emissions cheating software in its diesel engines, but changed the wording of a report under pressure from the car maker. https://www.thelocal.de/20170731/govt-accused-of-helping-porsche-cover-up-emissions-cheating Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:01:01 +0200 govt-accused-of-helping-porsche-cover-up-emissions-cheating Germany on Thursday ordered luxury car brand Porsche to recall 22,000 vehicles across Europe over emissions test cheating amid a widening election-year scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20170728/german-government-orders-recall-of-22000-porsches-over-emissions-cheating Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:49:56 +0200 german-government-orders-recall-of-22000-porsches-over-emissions-cheating Investigators in Germany said on Monday they are probing employees of luxury sports car maker and Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche over emissions cheating. https://www.thelocal.de/20170710/german-dieselgate-investigators-target-porsche-employees Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:00:19 +0200 german-dieselgate-investigators-target-porsche-employees Volkswagen's powerful former chairman Ferdinand Piech, credited with its rise from the brink of bankruptcy to world leader status, has signed a deal to sell most of his stake in the group, its holding company said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170404/former-vw-chairman-dieselgate Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:37:47 +0200 former-vw-chairman-dieselgate Volkswagen's former supervisory board chief has told German investigators that ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn knew about the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scam well before the scandal broke, news weekly Der Spiegel reported Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170203/did-volkswagens-ceo-know-about-emissions-cheating-all-along Fri, 03 Feb 2017 17:42:18 +0100 did-volkswagens-ceo-know-about-emissions-cheating-all-along Volkswagen investors have filed 1,400 lawsuits seeking 8.2 billion euros in damages over the emissions cheating scandal, a German court said Wednesday, adding to the embattled car giant's legal woes. https://www.thelocal.de/20160922/investors-sue-vw-for-82-bn-over-dieselgate-in-german Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:11:10 +0200 investors-sue-vw-for-82-bn-over-dieselgate-in-german One year ago, Volkswagen's cheating on emissions tests for millions of its diesel cars erupted into public view, leaving the mammoth carmaker battling an unprecedented crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20160916/one-year-on-can-volkswagen-leave-dieselgate-behind Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:47:08 +0200 one-year-on-can-volkswagen-leave-dieselgate-behind The European Commission on Monday urged member states to crack down on Volkswagen for violating consumer protection laws when it cheated on pollution tests. https://www.thelocal.de/20160905/eu-urges-volkswagen-crackdown-after-dieselgate Mon, 05 Sep 2016 18:15:15 +0200 eu-urges-volkswagen-crackdown-after-dieselgate Ammar Alkhouli "dreamed of owning a Porsche" when he lived in Syria, but he never imagined that he would one day get training from the German automobile giant to help build its luxury cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20160814/porsche-training-is-prize-for-lucky-few-german-refugees Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:08:58 +0200 porsche-training-is-prize-for-lucky-few-german-refugees Volkswagen has agreed to pay out $14.7 billion (€13.3 billion) in a settlement with US authorities and car owners in the probe over its emissions-cheating diesel-powered cars, court documents showed Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160628/vw-agrees-to-147-bn-payout-in-us-emissions-probe Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:26:32 +0200 vw-agrees-to-147-bn-payout-in-us-emissions-probe The boss of embattled German auto giant Volkswagen on Wednesday issued an apology to angry shareholders over the emissions cheating scandal that has plunged the group into an unprecedented crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20160622/vw-chief-says-sorry-to-shareholders-for-emissions-scandal Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:56:28 +0200 vw-chief-says-sorry-to-shareholders-for-emissions-scandal