Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess has been critical about the automaker's pace so far toward electric vehicles and a recent report suggests the company's goals are hard to attain.
The Prevent Group, an automotive parts supplier, alleged that Volkswagen used anticompetitive tactics to stop larger suppliers like Prevent from acquiring smaller auto parts suppliers in the U.S.
After months of investigation, agencies discovered that Volkswagen intentionally developed and installed a "defeat device" in its vehicles, starting with 2009 model year vehicles equipped with 2.0-liter diesel engines.
Lawyers for owners of 98,000 Volkswagen vehicles that had fuel economy labels that overstated efficiency will ask for $26 million in attorney's fees and costs.
