Dieselgate

Before its own self-imposed disruption of Dieselgate, VW saw plug-in hybrids as a “bridge” to EVs.

But you'll be hard-pressed to find a new diesel Volkswagen after dieselgate.

Dieselgate, the largest and most expensive auto disgrace in history, cost VW over $30 billion in fines and damages and had an impact on several other carmakers.

Poland’s consumer protection office issued its highest fine ever against Volkswagen and its role in the Dieselgate scandal.

Dieselgate is fresh enough in people’s minds that trusting VW can be stretch.

Electrify America, the subsidiary built from a mountain of Teutonic shame in the wake of Dieselgate, announced today that it will build multiple EV charging stations within the confines of the Ohio Turnpike.

In fact, the charging company was formed as part of Volkswagen’s mea-culpa over “dieselgate,: when the automaker group was found to be using so-called “defeat devices” to mislead emissions testing on diesel cars.

Then, in 2015, Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating sins gave us Dieselgate and hammered a stake not just through the company’s reputation, but into the image of diesels everywhere.

Today was supposed to mark the beginning of the first trial over Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal.