Announcements for Volkswagen Violations

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Emissions Modification for Generation 1.2 SUV of the 3.0 Liter Subject Vehicles (July 13, 2018)
EPA and CARB Approve Emissions Modification for Generation 1.1 SUV of the 3.0 Liter Subject Vehicles (May 18, 2018)
EPA and CARB Approve Second Phase of Emissions Modifications for Model Year 2015 2.0 Liter Diesel Vehicles (April 18, 2018)
EPA and CARB Approve Emissions Fixes for Audi Diesel 3.0 Passenger Cars (December 18, 2017)
EPA and CARB Approve Emissions Fixes for Audi, Porsche, and VW Diesel 3.0 Liter Sport Utility Vehicles (October 20, 2017)
EPA and California Air Resources Board disapprove Volkswagen’s Proposed Emissions Modification for model year 2012 – 2014 manual transmission diesel Passat vehicles (September 7, 2017)
EPA and California Air Resources Board Approve Remedy to Reduce Excess NOx Emissions from “Generation 1” 2.0-Liter Diesel Vehicles (July 27, 2017)
EPA and California Air Resources Board Approve Remedy to Reduce Excess NOx Emissions from Automatic Transmission “Generation 2” 2.0-Liter Diesel Vehicles (May 19, 2017)
EPA approves VW National Zero Emissions Vehicle Investment Plan (April 12, 2017)
Press Release: Volkswagen Agrees to Plead Guilty, Pay $4.3 Billion in Criminal and Civil Penalties (January 11, 2017)
EPA Statement: EPA and California Air Resources Board Approve Remedy to Reduce Excess NOx Emissions from Generation 3 2.0-Liter Diesel Vehicles (January 6, 2017)
Press Release: Volkswagen to Recall 83,000 3.0 Liter Diesel Vehicles and Fund Mitigation Projects to Settle Allegations of Cheating Emissions Tests on Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche Vehicles (December 20, 2016)
Press Release: Volkswagen to Spend Up to $14.7 Billion to Settle Allegations of Cheating Emissions Tests and Deceiving Customers on 2.0 Liter Diesel Vehicles (June 28, 2016)
EPA Statement: California Air Resources Board rejects VW 2-liter diesel recall plan and issues Notice of Violation (January 12, 2016)
Press Release: United States Files Complaint Against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations (January 4, 2016)
Statement: VW submits initial proposal for addressing defeat devices in its 2.0 liter diesel vehicles (November 20, 2015)
Statement: All of VW’s 3.0 liter diesel models are affected (November 20, 2015)
Press Release: EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Additional Clean Air Act Violations (November 2, 2015)
Blog: EPA’s Rigorous Auto Oversight Will Get Even Stronger (October 7, 2015)
Press Release: EPA Update on Recent Volkswagen Announcement (September 25, 2015)
Press Release: EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Clean Air Act Violations / Carmaker allegedly used software that circumvents emissions testing for certain air pollutants (September 18, 2015)