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Volkswagen Keeps Cheating: Gets $1 Billion Fine This Time

It has happened agin with VW caught cheating, this time for price-fixing with other truck makers through its Scania truck brand. This is on the heels of being ordered to pay $1 billion, along with BMW and Mercedes, for colluding on emissions components last August, and also paying out over $9 billion from Dieselgate.
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China Rips Off VW With Another Fake Beetle

The Ora Punk Cat was an obvious rip-off of the Volkswagen Beetle. Now Ora claims the new Ballet Cat is a completely different model from its Punk Cat, which is a completely different model from the VW Beetle. Sort of.
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VW Presents New Business Strategy Since The Last Few Were Duds

Not again? Volkswagen keeps spinning its wheels every couple of years with another new business strategy. Here’s the latest one laid out this week by Ralf Brandstatter, VW passenger car head. The new strategy is called “Accelerate.” It is a mix of its current vehicles but with a ton of ID-branded EVs. Then, just like …