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It is absurd that Canadian authorities continue to “investigate” a crime that the German company Volkswagen has not only admitted to in U.S. court but has also pledged not to challenge in future litigation, writes Environmental Defence expert Muhannad Malas, in an examination of the emissions cheating scandal.

If the allegations are true, it would mean that consumers were likely deprived of opportunities to buy cars with the latest clean technologies.

German authorities detained the chief executive of Volkswagen's Audi division, Rupert Stadler, on Monday as part of a probe into the manipulation of emissions controls.

Charging an electric car away from home can be an exercise in uncertainty — hunting for that one lonely station at the back of a rest-area parking lot and hoping it's working.

Environment Canada does not want National Observer to intervene in a court case that will determine whether records collected during the Volkswagen emissions cheating investigation will be made available to the public.

Lawyers for a Volkswagen senior manager say his U.S. prison sentence shouldn’t exceed 40 months for his role in the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal.

Matthew Boswell, a former Crown attorney, has been chasing down white collar criminals for years. Here's what he has to say about the "terrible guys" scamming Canadians across the country.

Robert Liang, 63, knew the German automaker was cheating and worked to cover it up, U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox said during the sentencing hearing in Detroit.

Catherine McKenna is facing legal action from several environmental groups who accuse the government of dragging its heels on investigating Volkswagen for duping Canadians with diesel engines.

A German Volkswagen executive who has been in a Michigan jail for months plans to plead guilty in the company's U.S. emissions scandal, a court spokesman said Tuesday.

One Canadian consumer said the U.S. government seems to be taking this issue seriously while the Canadian government isn't doing nearly enough to punish the German automaker.

With multiple government agencies investigating the German automaker, Canadian TDI owners are still looking for answers, with many expecting they'll be held "hostage" until the Fall.

With court dates scheduled for October and December, VW owners are months away from a settlement after the 2015 diesel vehicle emissions cheating scandal.

“They thought they were doing something good for the world and they find out they’ve been driving the dirtiest pig on the road.”

To pay for the environmental harm caused from illegal “defeat devices” used to cheat on emissions tests in cars, German automaker Volkswagen AG and related companies will pay