WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sued Volkswagen on Monday over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States, potentially exposing the company to billions in fines for clean air violations. The civil complaint against the German ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration plans to seek financial penalties and corrective actions against Volkswagen after the automaker admitted cheating on emissions tests with a piece of software. Ben Grumbles, Maryland Secretary of the Environment, said in a news ...

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BERLIN  — Germany’s Volkswagen, already reeling from the fallout of cheating on U.S. emissions tests for nitrogen oxide, said Tuesday that an internal investigation has revealed “unexplained inconsistencies” in the carbon dioxide emissions from 800,000 of its vehicles — a ...

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A fifth federal lawsuit has been filed in Maryland against Volkswagen in the wake of the company announcing its diesel vehicles contained software to fool emissions tests. The potential class-action lawsuit seeks to represent current or former Maryland owners of ...

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A class of Maryland Volkswagen owners filed suit against the automaker last week with allegations of violations of Maryland’s Consumer Protection Act, fraud, unjust enrichment and civil conspiracy. The lawsuit is one of dozens being filed across the country — ...

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At least one Baltimore law firm is preparing to file a lawsuit against automaker Volkswagen just two weeks after the company announced its “clean diesel” vehicles contained software that fooled emissions tests. RELATED: For Volkswagen, costs of scandal will be piling ...

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Consumers had already sued Volkswagen AG over the emission-test scandal when what may have been the first shareholder case was filed last week. The German carmaker was accused in a case in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, of scheming to ...

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Volkswagen AG, the world’s top-selling carmaker, has admitted that some 11 million of its diesel vehicles worldwide were fitted with software at the center of a U.S. emissions scandal. The company has acknowledged that it intentionally installed software programmed to switch ...

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Toyota Motor Corp. stayed at the top in global vehicle sales in 2014, taking that auto industry crown for the third year straight, but was less upbeat about this year. The Japanese automaker sold 10.23 million vehicles, beating out Volkswagen ...

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