German automaker Daimler AG says prosecutors will search several of its offices in Germany as part of a preliminary investigation into suspected manipulation of diesel emission controls.Daimler said Tuesday it was cooperating with the probe conducted in it

German automakers committed Wednesday to fitting over 5 million diesel cars in the country with updated software to reduce harmful emissions and to finance incentives for drivers to trade in older models, the transport minister said.Wednesday's diesel summ

A Volkswagen engineer who had a key role in the company's diesel emissions scandal was sentenced Friday to more than three years in prison and a $200,000 fine, a steeper punishment than prosecutors requested.Robert Liang, 63, knew the German automaker...

German prosecutors said Friday they have arrested a former employee of the Volkswagen unit Audi in connection with the company's diesel scandal.The office of the prosecutors of the city of Munich said the man worked in engine development in the...

Researchers say there have been more than 4,500 premature deaths annually in Europe because diesel cars emitted higher levels of pollution than claimed.The study comes two years after Volkswagen was caught cheating on emissions tests in the U.S. The tiny...

Today's auto news headlines read like a warped version of Oprah Winfrey's infamous car giveaway: You're getting sued for excess diesel emissions! And you're getting sued for excess diesel emissions! Everyone's getting sued for excess diesel emissions!We sa

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she thinks the internal combustion engines that are the mainstay of her country's auto industry will eventually have to be phased out.Merkel told German weekly Super Illu that bans on new gas or diesel cars...