Volkswagen Emission Norms

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea by Skoda Auto Volkswagen India, challenging an FIR registered in Uttar Pradesh by a customer over the alleged use of "cheat device" in its diesel car by the company to manipulate emission norms.

The Indian government decided to skip BS5 regulations altogether and the automakers, fuel companies and component makers had three years to prepare for the new BS6 norms that have come into effect from April 1, 2020. Over Rs. 80,000 crore has been invested in developing new vehicles, engines, components and more to meet the new regulations and also...

With the Indian Automobile space shifting to stricter emission regulations, many cars have not received the BS6 upgrade which means they will now be history

With the BS6 norms kicking in, Volkswagen India has done some major restructuring to its current lineup. While the automaker has launched the updated Polo and Vento with the 1.0-litre petrol motor, the diesel versions have been discontinued. Similarly, the German auto giant is all set to boot the Tiguan diesel from its Indian line-up by the end of ...

The Supreme Court on Monday favoured widening of judicial scrutiny of a case pertaining to use of cheat device in diesel cars to flout emission norms in vehicles made by German automaker Volkswagen by bringing other auto majors under the scanner.

An NGT panel, formed to investigate Volkswagen India, following the 2015 global emission scandal or Dieselgate, has recommended a fine of Rs. 171.34 crore on the German automaker for damage to health caused in India. Volkswagen India has contested NGT's recommendation, claiming that all its vehicles are compliant with the emissions norms prescribed...

The Volkswagen Group in India has officially responded to the NGT Green Court's ruling with regards to the Dieselgate emissions scandal. The German automaker has been asked to deposit an amount of Rs 100 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board or CPCB with regards to the use of cheat devices that allowed vehicles to pass emissions tests. Res...

Cars in the European Union must comply with the new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) from September, but Volkswagen has only gained regulatory clearance for seven of its 14 main model lines.

Skoda, commissioned by Volkswagen (VW) to explore an entry-level car platform with a focus on India, and Tata last month said talks had ended after their cooperation failed to hit cost-savings goals.

EU ministers agreed on Monday on draft new rules for approving cars for sale in order to prevent a repeat of the Volkswagen emissions scandal and giving the European Commission the power to fine cheating manufacturers directly.

Tata Motors and the world's largest automaker Volkswagen, are likely to give a concrete shape to their ongoing 'open-ended' talks for partnership at the Geneva Motor Show scheduled for next month. The two companies are understood to have been holding discussions for a while over the possibility of joining hands and finding synergies, keeping in vie...

The National Green Tribunal has directed German auto major Volkswagen, embroiled in an emission scandal, to submit a road map with regard to recall of over 3.23 lakh vehicles in the country. Volkswagen India had in December 2015 announced recall of 3,23,700 lakh vehicles to fix the emission software after Automotive Research Association of India (A...

It's been quite an eventful year for the automotive industry in India. When asked how 2016 has been for the industry at the recent CarandBike Awards 2017 ceremony, the reactions of each and every one was unanimous when they said, "It was a mixed bag". Here are the top 5 events that made headlines and kept us occupied as well.

The company said that the recall is purely voluntary in nature as it did not face any charges regarding violating emission norms in India unlike the US.

Union Heavy Industries Minister, Anant Geete stated today that Volkswagen does not comply with Indian emission norms and the government will chalk out a plan of action once it receives a response in written from the company.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea by Skoda Auto Volkswagen India, challenging an FIR registered in Uttar Pradesh by a customer over the alleged use of "cheat device" in its diesel car by the company to manipulate emission norms.

The Indian government decided to skip BS5 regulations altogether and the automakers, fuel companies and component makers had three years to prepare for the new BS6 norms that have come into effect from April 1, 2020. Over Rs. 80,000 crore has been invested in developing new vehicles, engines, components and more to meet the new regulations and also...

With the Indian Automobile space shifting to stricter emission regulations, many cars have not received the BS6 upgrade which means they will now be history

With the BS6 norms kicking in, Volkswagen India has done some major restructuring to its current lineup. While the automaker has launched the updated Polo and Vento with the 1.0-litre petrol motor, the diesel versions have been discontinued. Similarly, the German auto giant is all set to boot the Tiguan diesel from its Indian line-up by the end of ...

The Supreme Court on Monday favoured widening of judicial scrutiny of a case pertaining to use of cheat device in diesel cars to flout emission norms in vehicles made by German automaker Volkswagen by bringing other auto majors under the scanner.

An NGT panel, formed to investigate Volkswagen India, following the 2015 global emission scandal or Dieselgate, has recommended a fine of Rs. 171.34 crore on the German automaker for damage to health caused in India. Volkswagen India has contested NGT's recommendation, claiming that all its vehicles are compliant with the emissions norms prescribed...

The Volkswagen Group in India has officially responded to the NGT Green Court's ruling with regards to the Dieselgate emissions scandal. The German automaker has been asked to deposit an amount of Rs 100 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board or CPCB with regards to the use of cheat devices that allowed vehicles to pass emissions tests. Res...

Cars in the European Union must comply with the new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) from September, but Volkswagen has only gained regulatory clearance for seven of its 14 main model lines.

Skoda, commissioned by Volkswagen (VW) to explore an entry-level car platform with a focus on India, and Tata last month said talks had ended after their cooperation failed to hit cost-savings goals.

EU ministers agreed on Monday on draft new rules for approving cars for sale in order to prevent a repeat of the Volkswagen emissions scandal and giving the European Commission the power to fine cheating manufacturers directly.

Tata Motors and the world's largest automaker Volkswagen, are likely to give a concrete shape to their ongoing 'open-ended' talks for partnership at the Geneva Motor Show scheduled for next month. The two companies are understood to have been holding discussions for a while over the possibility of joining hands and finding synergies, keeping in vie...

The National Green Tribunal has directed German auto major Volkswagen, embroiled in an emission scandal, to submit a road map with regard to recall of over 3.23 lakh vehicles in the country. Volkswagen India had in December 2015 announced recall of 3,23,700 lakh vehicles to fix the emission software after Automotive Research Association of India (A...

It's been quite an eventful year for the automotive industry in India. When asked how 2016 has been for the industry at the recent CarandBike Awards 2017 ceremony, the reactions of each and every one was unanimous when they said, "It was a mixed bag". Here are the top 5 events that made headlines and kept us occupied as well.

The company said that the recall is purely voluntary in nature as it did not face any charges regarding violating emission norms in India unlike the US.

Union Heavy Industries Minister, Anant Geete stated today that Volkswagen does not comply with Indian emission norms and the government will chalk out a plan of action once it receives a response in written from the company.