When the International Council on Clean Transportation began to look into discrepancies in the emissions of several Volkswagen diesel vehicles in early 2014, it was with the sincerest of intentions. Noting that the U.S. had
Even before Volkswagen's recent scandal, it received a ranking of 4.6 out of 10 compared to sector peers, which put the company in the 28th percentile — worse, in other words, than 72% of comparable companies in its sector. Even if the company is able
It's early yet, but it's going to be harder for Volkswagen to convince people that numerous people weren't involved in this. Volkswagen's issue has always been one of too centralized control (in fact, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn was going to argue for
Good reporting is often just aggressive skepticism, and so my goal for this column was to do the Slate-ian thing of finding reasons why Dieselgate may not be so bad for Volkswagen. I can't. This is about as bad as it gets for a
Volkswagen: 'A big story, big brand, big mistake'? Kieran Calder, head of equities, Asia at Coutts, is advising clients who own Volkswagen shares to exercise caution. He later discusses the Fed's decision to stand pat on rates last week.