Volkswagen pleads guilty to cheating emissions tests

Madeleine Cuff
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Carmaker VW admits it cheated diesel emissions tests as part of a $4.3bn settlement with US regulators

Volkswagen last week pleaded guilty in the US to fraud, obstruction of justice and falsifying statements for the entry of goods into the country in its bid to beat legal emissions tests for thousands of...

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