Volkswagen may replace its chief executive as part of a management restructure, the car maker has said.

Car giant Volkswagen has suspended its head of external relations and sustainability in response to controversy over experiments in which monkeys were exposed to diesel exhaust.

Volkswagen said profit at its troubled core division soared in the first three months of the year, a sign that long-overdue cost cuts are having an impact as the carmaker seeks to move beyond its diesel emissions crisis.

Volkswagen will be launching a new range of avant-garde electric vehicles in the near future — and not a minute too soon for the German giant which is still struggling as a result of its diesel emissions scandal.

Volkswagen has pleaded guilty to three felony counts as part of a $4.3bn (€4bn) plea agreement reached with the US Justice Department in January over the carmaker’s massive diesel emissions scandal.

German prosecutors have expanded their probe into Volkswagen's diesel car emissions scandal, claiming they have evidence former CEO Martin Winterkorn may have known of the cheating earlier than he claimed.

The US Department of Justice has announced charges against six executives at Volkswagen.

Car giant Volkswagen has pleaded guilty to three charges in the US in connection with the emissions scandal and will pay a $4.3 billion US dollar penalty.

Volkswagen shares have soared after the German car giant revealed its first-half earnings before charges related to its emissions scandal were "significantly higher" than market forecasts.

Volkswagen has said it will repay a pair of loans from the European Investment Bank totalling €975m early as the company grapples with fallout from its diesel emissions scandal.

Volkswagen has agreed to pay around $10.2bn (€9bn) to settle claims in the US from its emissions cheating scandal, sources say.

German prosecutors have opened an investigation of Volkswagen's former CEO on allegations of market manipulation in connection with the company's emissions rigging scandal.

Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller has apologised in person to US president Barack Obama for the car-maker's emissions scandal.

European Union regulators are seeking greater authority over the approval of car models in response to Volkswagen’s emissions-test deception, risking a clash with EU governments.

A new system for testing the emissions of cars following the Volkswagen ‘dieselgate’ scandal is being considered.

Volkswagen will start road testing all its vehicles’ emissions, with the results to be verified by a third party, the company’s chairman has said.

Volkswagen’s top executives knew a year ago that some of the company’s cars were markedly less fuel efficient than had been officially stated, German paper Bild am Sonntag reported yesterday.

The body responsible for enforcing consumer protection law in Ireland has opened its own investigation into the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

The Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has launched a formal investigation in the emissions scandal at Volkswagen.

Environmental activists have protested outside the main entrance to Volkswagen's headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Further ramifications about the VW scandal were underlined this week when Ford said it believes it has the capability to massively ramp up petrol engine fitment in Europe if there is a big backlash against diesel in the wake of the VW dieselgate affair and potentially rising anti-diesel sentiment among consumers and regulators.

Credit ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Volkswagen’s debt due to the possible financial impact of the company’s car emissions scandal.

Volkswagen has found a new issue around what it calls "unexplained inconsistencies" in carbon dioxide emissions from 800,000 vehicles.

Volkswagen shares have dropped after US environmental officials said the company equipped more models than previously thought with software that let the cars cheat on diesel emissions tests.

Volkswagen has posted its first quarterly loss in at least 15 years and said the €6.7bn set aside to cover the costs of its rigging of diesel emissions tests was likely just a start.

Volkswagen has stopped sales in the European Union of the remaining new cars that contain the diesel engine fitted with the software that was used to cheat on US emissions tests.

Executives from Volkswagen Ireland will face a grilling from TDs and Senators today when the Transport Committee looks at the emissions scandal at the car maker.

Volkswagen saw its market share in Europe drop fractionally in September, when its emissions scandal broke mid-month, as its sales growth lagged behind the wider market.

German authorities have ordered a recall of all Volkswagen cars fitted with emissions test-cheating software, a decision that will affect 8.5 million VW diesel vehicles across the European Union.

Germany’s motor transport agency has ordered a mandatory recall of Volkswagen cars sold with software that enabled them to evade diesel emissions testing.

Volkswagen owners have started getting letters saying their cars are among thousands caught up in the diesel emissions scandal.

Volkswagen is recalling 1,950 diesel vehicles in China to correct engine software the German car maker has admitted cheats on emissions tests.

The managing director of Volkswagen Ireland is to appear before the Oireachtas transport committee on Thursday to face questions following the emissions scandal.

THE Volkswagen emmissions scandal underlined how ubiquitous the car is. It underlined how societies, this one included, depend on cars to function.

German prosecutors have carried out searches in connection with their investigation into the Volkswagen emissions scandal, seeking material that would help clarify who was responsible for the cheating.