Volkwagen Scandal

Volkswagen's premium unit Audi wants to cut thousands of jobs to fund a costly transition to electric vehicles, but talks with powerful labour representatives have hit a logjam, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked Volkswagen (VW) to manufacture electric vehicles in the German carmaker's plant in the United States in order to make up for rigging emission tests in its diesel cars, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported.

Demand in China helped the Volkswagen (VW) group's sales return to growth in January, despite the ramifications that the German carmaker is facing for cheating on US diesel emissions tests.

Volkswagen will propose a new catalytic converter system to US authorities that could be fitted to around 430,000 cars capable of cheating diesel emissions tests, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said on Sunday.

Volkswagen has developed a fix - a catalytic converter - that could be fitted to around 430,000 cars equipped with the first generation of the EA 189 diesel engine in the US, allowing them to pass emissions tests, according to a report in German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

Scandal-hit Volkswagen has suspended officials from the research and development wing of its core brand VW, luxury division Audi and sports-car maker Porsche, news agency Reuters has reported citing sources.

Volkswagen's premium unit Audi wants to cut thousands of jobs to fund a costly transition to electric vehicles, but talks with powerful labour representatives have hit a logjam, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked Volkswagen (VW) to manufacture electric vehicles in the German carmaker's plant in the United States in order to make up for rigging emission tests in its diesel cars, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported.

Demand in China helped the Volkswagen (VW) group's sales return to growth in January, despite the ramifications that the German carmaker is facing for cheating on US diesel emissions tests.

Volkswagen will propose a new catalytic converter system to US authorities that could be fitted to around 430,000 cars capable of cheating diesel emissions tests, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said on Sunday.

Volkswagen has developed a fix - a catalytic converter - that could be fitted to around 430,000 cars equipped with the first generation of the EA 189 diesel engine in the US, allowing them to pass emissions tests, according to a report in German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

Scandal-hit Volkswagen has suspended officials from the research and development wing of its core brand VW, luxury division Audi and sports-car maker Porsche, news agency Reuters has reported citing sources.