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Auto CEOs want Trump to order review of 2025 fuel rules

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief executives of 18 major automakers and their U.S. units urged President Donald Trump to revisit a decision by the Obama administration to lock in vehicle fuel efficiency rules through 2025. In a letter sent late Friday and viewed by Reuters, the chief executives of General Motors Co , Ford Motor Co, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, along with the top North American executives at Toyota Motor Corp…

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U.S. judge approves VW dealers $1.2 billion settlement

Volkswagen AG's dealers will receive an average of $1.85 million in a $1.2 billion settlement approved by a U.S. judge on Monday over its diesel emissions scandal. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the 650 U.S. dealers would be paid over 18 months, ruling the settlement “fair, reasonable, and adequate.” VW also agreed to keep making volume-based incentive payments to dealers, and will allow them to defer capital improvements for two years. In total, VW has now…

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Luxottica and Essilor agree 46 billion euro merger to create eyewear giant

By Valentina Za and Sudip Kar-Gupta MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – Italy's Luxottica and France's Essilor have agreed a 46 billion euro ($49 billion) merger to create a global powerhouse in the eyewear industry with annual revenue of more than 15 billion euros, they…

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Trump threatens German carmakers with 35 percent U.S. import tariff

Shares in German carmakers BMW , Daimler and Volkswagen fell after United States President-elect Donald Trump warned he will impose a border tax of 35 percent on vehicles imported from abroad to the U.S. market. All three carmakers have invested heavily in factories in Mexico, where production costs are lower than the United

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Volkswagen, Justice Dept. nearing $3 billion deal to resolve diesel allegations

By David Shepardson and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG and the U.S. Justice Department are nearing an agreement to resolve the government's civil and criminal investigations that would require the German automaker to pay a penalty of more than $3 billion, sources briefed on the talks said on Friday. Volkswagen is also expected to face oversight by an outside…

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VW HR chief says expects five-digit number of job cuts: FAZ

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen expects the shift to electric cars to cost a five-digit number of jobs in coming years, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported, citing the carmaker's human resources chief. Karlheinz Blessing, who sits on VW group's nine-member top management board, said the carmaker will need to cut jobs in production as assembly of electric engines requires fewer workers than making combustion engines, the newspaper said, citing an interview to be published in Saturday's …

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Piech, Porsche families say united behind VW management: Spiegel

The Piech and Porsche families that control more than 52 percent of Volkswagen have vowed to back senior management, setting aside past disputes as the carmaker struggles to overcome an emissions scandal, Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. In a rare interview, …

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Audi to buy back 25,000 diesel Q7 models in U.S.: Der Spiegel

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen's premium division Audi will buy back 25,000 diesel engined cars in the United States to compensate owners whose cars do not meet exhaust emission standards, German weekly Der Spiegel said on Friday.

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Volkswagen says it might not resume U.S. sales of diesel vehicles

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG said on Wednesday it has not decided if it will resume selling diesel vehicles in the United States, even if it were allowed to, in the wake of the automaker's emissions cheating scandal. The German automaker has been barred from selling diesel vehicles in the United States since late 2015 after it acknowledged using “defeat devices” to evade U.S. diesel emissions standards. The company is in talks with U.S. regulators but approval to…

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Bosch concealed Volkswagen use of ‘defeat device’ software: lawyers

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH [ROBG.UL] concealed the use of Volkswagen AG's secret “defeat device” software that it helped design and demanded in 2008 that the German automaker provide legal protection in its use, lawyers for American owners alleged in a court filing. The filing on Friday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco expands on claims plaintiffs lawyers made in August, when they alleged Bosch was a “knowing and active participant” in Volkswagen's decade-long scheme to…

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