Dieselgate

Needless to say, the dieselgate scandal came down like a ton of bricks! The aftermath was such that the industry, along with the regulators, decided to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The Stuttgart Public Prosecutor's Office has officially issued a fine notice to Porsche AG, which penalises the Stuttgart-based manufacturer for $598 million (€535 million) for its involvement in the 2015 Dieselgate scandal.

In a fresh probe launched by the European Commission last year, the regulator has found that Volkswagen (with Audi and Porsche), BMW and Daimler have been colluding since 2006 to reduce emission tech on their vehicles.

I was in conversation recently with the vehicle dynamics engineer for a brand-new vehicle from a large international carmaker who shall remain unnamed, and I could literally see the fear in his eyes.

Acting as the interim CEO in the absence of Rupert Stadler since June 2018, Bram Schot will replace him as the chairman of the board of management at Audi AG, effective from 1st January 2019

Despite the Dieselgate investigation being nowhere near its end, German lawmakers have decided to let Rupert Stadler out of jail on a conditional release

Volkswagen has issued a statement claiming that former Audi CEO, Rupert Stadler, is no longer associated with the Volkswagen Group.

This comes as a response to a report that claims the company colluded with rivals on the design of emission treatment systems. Late last week, German magazine Der Spiegel reported that BMW may have conspired with Volkswagen and Audi on emissions from their diesel engines.

Amid troubled times for the Volkswagen Group in the wake of 'Dieselgate' and stiff competition in the LMP1-Hybrid class of the FIA World Endurance