A German court has convicted four former Volkswagen managers of fraud and gave two of them prison sentences for their part in the manipulation of emissions controls.

Officials say a thumbprint on a carton of cigarettes has led to an arrest nearly half a century after a young California woman was strangled to death.

South Florida auto dealers are trying to slam the brakes on a new way to sell electric cars in the state.

A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has astonished viewers.

Volkswagen’s employee representatives say they have reached a wage deal.

Volkswagen says significant cost cuts are urgently needed as it reports a steep decline in third-quarter earnings and faces employee representatives angry at the possibility of the automaker’s first plant closures in Germany.

The European Union says it will impose duties on imports of electric vehicles from China on Wednesday after talks between Brussels and Beijing failed to find an amicable solution to their trade dispute.

A senior executive for Volkswagen in China has been deported for allegedly using cocaine and marijuana while on vacation in Thailand.

Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker’s 87-year history.

Shares of Rivian are soaring before the opening bell after Volkswagen agreed to invest $1 billion in the electric vehicle maker immediately and a potential total of up to $5 billion as part of a software development agreement.

A Senate inquiry has found BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen have bought parts made by a Chinese company sanctioned under a 2021 law for using forced labor.

The United Auto Workers is aiming for a key victory at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama.

Foreign automakers have been caught flat-footed in China by an electric vehicle boom that has shaken up the market over the last three years.

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he thinks workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga made a mistake by voting to unionize under the United Auto Workers in a landslide election.

The United Auto Workers union is celebrating a huge win at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, where workers will now be represented by the union.

Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union, boosting the UAW's nationwide effort to organize nonunion factories.

On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory, Gov. Bill Lee and five other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy.

New vehicle sales in the U.S. rose 5.1% from January through March, as buyers stayed in the market despite high interest rates.

A new report says automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains.

The White House is lending its support to an auto industry effort to standardize Tesla’s electric vehicle charging plugs for all EVs in the United States, part of a broad effort to stimulate their sales to help combat climate change.

More than 1,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.

Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler has been convicted in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal.

More than 500 companies have suspended their business in Russia, and a similar number have withdrawn completely.

The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi has pleaded guilty to charges tied to the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal.

Volkswagen is unveiling an electric luxury sedan that promises a 435-mile battery range as global and Chinese automakers display their latest SUVs, sedans and muscle cars at the world’s biggest auto show.

A 22-year-old man with tattoos on his face was facing charges Friday after a shooting injured a man at a gas station on Thursday in Palm Beach County, according to deputies.

A new report says climate commitments by companies aren’t always as green as they seem.

California has settled a lawsuit against a German company stemming from the emissions scandal that tarred Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler.

Shares in luxury automaker Porsche have risen on their first day of public trading.

German automaker Volkswagen is holding a share offering for a minority stake in its luxury division, Porsche.

Volkswagen has set the price range for the multibillion-euro sale of a minority stake in luxury brand Porsche.

Herbert Diess, the Volkswagen CEO whose image had been tarnished in the fallout from the German automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal, is stepping down.

Landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 29 people in the state of Pernambuco in northeast Brazil on Saturday.

Executives with German automaker Volkswagen say at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that supply chain problems exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war are easing but they’re dealing with a huge backlog of orders.

A driver struck and killed a pedestrian and fled the scene Monday morning in northeast Miami-Dade County, police said.

A court in Germany cast has doubt on claims by a German farmer that automaker Volkswagen is partly responsible for the impact that global warming is having on his family business.

An autonomous vehicle technology company that partners with Ford and Volkswagen says it has started driverless operations in two of eight cities where it is developing its technology.

Deputies are asking the public for help with finding a woman who vanished from central Broward County on Monday.

Volkswagen is recalling more than 246,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because faulty wiring harnesses can make them brake unexpectedly, sometimes while in traffic.

BMW and Volkswagen have warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing shortages of some vital components, forcing them to reduce vehicle production in Europe.

First came the beeping alarms and the dashboard lights warning that something had gone haywire.

The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for a driver who fled the scene after striking a car on Interstate 95.

Davie police are searching for an 80-year-old man who hasn’t been seen or heard from since early Monday morning.

The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from Volkswagen that sought to stop state and local lawsuits related to the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests.

German automaker Daimler has dismissed a “cease and desist” demand from two environmental groups to commit to ending the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2030.

Germany's BMW is reporting 4.8 billion euros in profit for the second quarter.

Electrify America, an electric vehicle charging network funded with money paid by Volkswagen as punishment for its emissions cheating scandal, says it plans to more than double its number of charging stations throughout the United States and Canada.

Greenpeace has apologized and Munich police are investigating after a protester parachuted into the stadium and injured two people before Germany’s game against France at the European Championship.

German carmaker Volkswagen has launched a five-year project on the small Greek island of Astypalea to test the adoption of electric vehicles in areas switching to sustainable energy generation.

The U.S. government’s road safety agency has opened two investigations into problems with Volkswagen vehicles, including one that alleges serious gasoline leaks under the hood.

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, the logo of Volkswagen at a car is photographed during the Car Show in Frankfurt, Germany. VW has until Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 to submit a draft plan to fix four-cylinder diesels to the U.S....(Copyright by WSLS - All rights reserved)

Ford says it will spend $1 billion to modernize its Cologne, Germany, manufacturing center, converting it into a European electric vehicle factory. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)DETROIT – Ford is vowing to convert its entire passenger vehicle lineup in Europe to electric power by 2030 in just the latest sign of the seismic technological changes sweeping the auto industry. Ford expects two-thirds of its European commercial vehicle sales will be electric or plug-in hybrids by 2030. “We are going all in on electric vehicles,” Rowley said. The investment is part of Ford's goal of spending at least $15 billion on electric vehicles from now through 2025.

A widening global shortage of semiconductors for auto parts is forcing major auto companies to halt or slow vehicle production just as they were recovering from pandemic-related factory shutdowns. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)DETROIT – A widening global shortage of semiconductors for auto parts is forcing major auto companies to halt or slow vehicle production just as they were recovering from pandemic-related factory shutdowns. Toyota was forced to slow production of the full-size Tundra pickup at a factory in San Antonio, Texas. "This will minimize the impact of the current semiconductor shortage while ensuring we maintain production at our other North American plants,” Fiat Chrysler said in a statement. The firm lists major players in the automotive chip market as STMicroelectronics, Infineon Technologies, NXP Semiconductor, Texas Instruments and Toshiba.

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank held off from strengthening its current economic stimulus but its President Christine Lagarde said there was “little doubt” that more action would be coming at its December meeting as surging coronavirus infections and new restrictions on activity threaten Europe’s economy. “We have little doubt... that the circumstances will warrant the recalibration and the implementation of this recalibrated package," Lagarde said. Analysts believe that is one reason the bank could take no action Thursday, since there already more stimulus still in the pipeline. Massive ECB stimulus and new spending by governments has helped ward off turmoil on financial markets and cushion the downturn. Airlines, hotels, restaurants and other businesses big and small have suffered a devastating drop in activity.

BERLIN – A German court has ruled that former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn must face trial on a second set of charges in the company's diesel emissions scandal, this time accused of market manipulation. Thursday's announcement by the Braunschweig state court followed a decision earlier this month that he must stand trial on fraud charges. No date has been set for either set of proceedings. Winterkorn resigned from Volkswagen days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a notice of violation on Sept. 18, 2015. The court said it sent the charges to trial unchanged.

WASHINGTON – Automaker Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations, officials said Monday. The settlement, which includes civil penalties, will also require Daimler to fix the vehicles, officials said. Daimler AG said the settlement would bring costs of about $1.5 billion, while the civil settlement will bring a one-off charge of about $700 million. Fiat Chrysler also is being investigated for allegedly cheating on emissions. In April 2016, the Justice Department asked Daimler to conduct an internal probe into its exhaust emissions certification process.

FRANKFURT A German court has ruled former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn must stand trial on fraud charges in connection with the company's diesel emission scandal in which it sold cars with software that let them cheat on emissions tests. It said four other defendants would face trial on charges of fraud in connection with aggravated tax evasion and illegal advertising. Winterkorn resigned from Volkswagen days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a notice of violation on Sept. 18, 2015. The company had for years been using software that recognized when vehicles were on test stands and turned emission controls on, then turned the emission controls off during normal driving. Volkswagen paid more than 30 billion euros ($33 billion) in fines and settlements over the scandal.

Chinas auto sales surged 14.5% in May, a second straight month of growth as the global industrys biggest market gradually recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)HONG KONG Chinas auto sales surged 14.5% in May, a second straight month of growth as the global industrys biggest market gradually recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Sales fell 9.6% last year, their second straight annual decline. The downturn is squeezing brands that are investing billions of dollars to develop electric vehicles under pressure to meet government sales targets. Demand for electric vehicles weakened last year after Beijing reduced subsidies that helped to make China their biggest market, accounting for half of global sales.

BEIJING Volkswagen is spending 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to expand its presence in Chinas electric car industry in the biggest foreign investment announced since the country's economy began to reopen following the coronavirus pandemic. Volkswagen AG said Friday it will buy control of its electric vehicle venture with a Chinese partner in a 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) deal. The ruling Communist Party scrapped limits on foreign ownership of electric vehicle makers in 2018 to promote industry development. By gaining management control, Volkswagen is paving the way for more electric models and infrastructure, the companys announcement said. GM, Nissan, BMW AG and other automakers also have joint ventures with Chinese partners to develop lower-cost electric models.

According to the ruling, Volkswagen is basically obliged to pay damages to car owners affected by the diesel scandal. Volkswagen said the decision announced Monday would clear the way for settlement of remaining consumer claims in Germany. The decision affects some 60,000 individual claims brought by car owners there; around 262,000 others have already been covered by an 830 million-euro ($904 million) class-action settlement. For the majority of the 60,000 pending cases, this ruling provides clarity, the company said in a statement. He had sought the full purchase price but the court ruled he must accept less due to depreciation related to the distance he drove.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A wrong-way crash left a 69-year-old man dead and two others injured Friday afternoon on the Don Shula Expressway. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a white Volkswagen was heading northbound in the southbound lanes near Killian Drive when he crashed into a Miami-Dade police officer, before ricocheting into a white Jeep. The driver of the Volkswagen died at the scene. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took them both to Jackson South Medical Center. One person was killed in this police-involved crash on the Don Shula Expressway.

In a tweet Tuesday, Tesla's billionaire CEO Elon Musk said the plant would build batteries, powertrains and vehicles, "starting with the Model Y." PALO ALTO, Calif. - Less than three weeks after starting trial production of cars in China, Tesla has announced the location of its second factory outside the United States: Berlin, Germany. In a tweet Tuesday, Tesla's billionaire CEO Elon Musk said the plant would build batteries, powertrains and vehicles, "starting with the Model Y." The move takes the great electric car race to Volkswagen's backyard. Volkswagen has just started making its new ID.3 electric car series and recently announced a deal with Sweden's Northvolt to build a giant battery factory in Germany.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - A Netflix movie led to a Coral Springs dispatch supervisors suspension after officers never responded to a shooting call in June, an internal affairs report concluded. Her front windshield was shattered and a bullet narrowly missed her head, she told one Coral Springs dispatcher. Herrera called 911 again, at 7:16 p.m., asking why officers had not yet responded and she spoke to a different Coral Springs dispatcher. The report found that, for more nearly 34 minutes, no officers were notified of the shooting. The reason the Coral Springs police officers didnt respond immediately to the shooting, the report stated, was because the initial call was logged as a suspicious incident, instead of a shooting incident.

The merger between Fiat Chrysler and PSA Groupe will create a company with $190 billion in revenue. AMSTERDAM - Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot owner PSA Group have announced the terms of a merger that would create a new trans-Atlantic automaking giant with roughly 410,000 employees and combined revenues of $190 billion. The combined company would be based in the Netherlands, which is the current headquarters of Fiat Chrysler. John Elkann, the current chairman of Fiat Chrysler, would perform the same role at the combined company, while PSA Group chief executive Carlos Tavares would be CEO. Fiat Chrysler and PSA sold a combined 8.7 million vehicles last year, just ahead of GM, which sold 8.3 million, and not far behind Volkswagen and Toyota, which each sold over 10 million.

The Japanese carmaker announced Wednesday that it will sell only electric and hybrid vehicles in Europe starting in 2022, three years earlier than previously planned. German carmaking king Volkswagen is spending 30 billion ($34 billion) over the next five years to make an electric or hybrid version of every vehicle in its lineup, and it plans to launch 70 new electric models by 2028. South Korea's largest car company, Hyundai, said last week that it planned to invest 41 trillion won ($35 billion) into electric cars and autonomous driving by 2025. Hyundai plans to release 23 kinds of electric vehicles by then, making up roughly half of its new lineup. By 2040, electric cars could make up 57% of all passenger car sales worldwide, according to an analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

WOLFSBURG, Germany - Volkswagen has paused a planned $1.4 billion investment in Turkey as a result of the country's military offensive in Syria. The 1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) plant was reportedly slated to produce the Volkswagen Passat and Skoda Superb. Volkswagen Group already has one factory in Turkey, which produces commercial vehicles for its MAN subsidiary. Turkey launched an invasion last week of territory in Northern Syria controlled by the Kurds, an ethnic minority long allied with the United States that played a major role in the fight against ISIS. Trump also said the United States would raise tariffs on Turkish steel exports to 50% and "immediately" stop trade negotiations with Ankara.

Hyundai does not intend to be left behind in the high-stakes race to build mass-market electric and self-driving cars. (CNN) - Hyundai does not intend to be left behind in the high-stakes race to build mass-market electric and self-driving cars. The race to get fully autonomous cars on the roads is underway globally, and carmakers are under pressure to either get on board or risk getting left behind. Ford and Baidu have teamed up to develop self-driving cars in China. And Volkswagen started testing electric cars fitted with autonomous technology on a section of Hamburg's streets.

(CNN) - Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess and the company's chairman, Hans Dieter Ptsch, were charged by German prosecutors on Tuesday with market manipulation tied to the carmaker's diesel emissions scandal. The two executives are accused of failing to disclose the huge financial risks of the diesel scandal to shareholders in a timely fashion. Martin Winterkorn, the former CEO of Volkswagen, was also charged by prosecutors. It's the latest fallout from Volkswagen's bombshell admission in 2015 that it had rigged millions of diesel cars worldwide to cheat on emissions tests, a scandal that has cost the company more than $30 billion. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

WOLFSBURG, Germany - After unveiling a new brand identity and logo, Volkswagen revealed a new electric car to go along with it. The ID.3, a compact hatchback, is the first in a planned family of ID electric cars from the automaker. At its Volkswagen Group event in Frankfurt, Germany, VW executives spoke a lot about how the ID.3 needs to represent Volkswagen's return to its early days as a likable maker of fun cars like the Beetle. VW also promises it will be fun to drive, but we'll have to see about that later. The base car will start at under 30,000 euros.

Sean Gallup/2017 Getty ImagesWOLFSBURG, Germany - Volkswagen is picking up the pace in its bid to dominate the auto industry's electric future. The group plans to launch almost 70 new electric models in the next decade, and hopes to build 22 million electric cars over this period. Volkswagen is investing 900 million ($993 million) into the Northvolt joint venture. By 2021, the plant is expected to produce 330,000 vehicles per year, making it Europe's "largest and most efficient electric vehicle plant," according to Volkswagen. The ID.3 will be the first vehicle to be built on this new modular electric car production platform, or MEB.

But it is not alone among traditional carmakers in pouring money into electric cars, as expectations rise of future mass adoption, encouraged by falling battery costs and government subsidies. Elon Musk's Tesla has the headstart it sold more than 220,000 electric cars in 2018, according to LMC Automotive, roughly 70,000 more than its nearest competitor, Chinese state-owned BAIC Group. Volkswagen's earlier electric cars, the e-Up! It has a range of 261 miles (420 kilometers), higher than previous Volkswagen electric models. Future electric vehicles include the Audi E-Tron and Porsche Taycan.

(CNN) - Ferdinand Piech, who helped turn Volkswagen into the world's biggest carmaker before resigning ahead of one of the most tumultuous periods in the company's history, has died. Piech led the German automotive giant in various capacities for more than two decades. The grandson of legendary carmaker Ferdinand Porsche, Piech began his career at Audi and took over as CEO of Volkswagen in 1993. Piech stepped down as Volkswagen chairman in April 2015 after a failed attempt to oust CEO Martin Winterkorn, who had led the company for eight years. A holding company run by members of the Porsche and Piech families still controls about 53% of the Volkswagen Group.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - A South Florida teen is facing serious charges after hitting several people with her car. Police said 18-year-old Jacqueline Hernandez drove her vehicle into four people Wednesday during an altercation in Homestead. According to an arrest report, Hernandez was at her home when she noticed a Volkswagen Jetta drive by with several people she knew inside. Hernandez stayed in her car while her friend got out, as did the occupants of the Volkswagen, per the report. According to the arrest report, Hernandez told police "that she was just trying to bump the victims with her bumper, not kill them."

The ads for Volkswagen and Philadelphia cream cheese were investigated by the UK Advertising Standards Agency after viewers complained they perpetuated gender stereotypes. The ads, for Volkswagen and Philadelphia Cream Cheese, were investigated by the UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) after viewers complained they perpetuated gender stereotypes. New rules that came into force in June prohibit depictions of gender that "are likely to cause harm, or serious or widespread offense." It prompted three complaints from viewers, and the ASA found it showed a woman "engaged in a stereotypical care-giving role." A second commercial for Philadelphia Cream Cheese showed two dads looking after their children at a restaurant with a conveyer belt.

The move will essentially put the four automakers on track to comply with tougher emissions rules even as the Trump administration works to roll back policies put in place under President Barack Obama. Regulatory pressures around the world, including in Europe and China, are pushing automakers to produce electric vehicles. Automakers anticipate consumers will start buying more electric vehicles in the future as prices drop. Automakers are spending billions to develop electric vehicles and more fuel-efficient gas vehicles, and many fear regulatory uncertainty will set back their efforts. The Obama rules would have required automakers to produce vehicles with an average fuel economy of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 model year vehicles.

After roughly seven decades of production and three generations of designs, Volkswagen is retiring its iconic Beetle. (CNN) - After roughly seven decades of production and three generations of designs, Volkswagen is retiring its iconic Beetle. Volkswagen created new Beetle generations in 1998 and 2012. "It's impossible to imagine where Volkswagen would be without the Beetle," Volkswagen of America president and CEO Scott Keogh said in a statement. The final Beetle to roll off the assembly line will be displayed at a Volkswagen museum in Puebla, the company said.

Image: VolkswagenFRANKFURT, Germany - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model this week at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. It's the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning the eight decades since 1938. An emblem of the 1960s counterculture in the United States. The United States became Volkswagen's most important foreign market, peaking at 563,522 cars in 1968, or 40% of production. In 2012, the Beetle's design was made a bit sleeker.