Meanings of dieselgate in English

Since the dieselgate scandal broke, industry and politicians have backed electric cars heavily.

The dieselgate scandal erupted in 2015, when Volkswagen was exposed as cheating the lab-based emissions tests.

One would presume motor racing would be a no-no for the brand that gave us dieselgate.

Volkswagen's dieselgate has turned into a two-speed scandal.

Based on this you probably think Volkswagen is still recovering post the 2015 "dieselgate" scandal.

But their Euro 6 cars from the get-go have been very clean and they came in before 'dieselgate' blew.

Another support is a switch from diesel to gasoline car engines since the "dieselgate" emissions scandal of 2015.

The "dieselgate" cheating scandal plunged one of the main pillars of German industry into the biggest crisis in its history.

While dieselgate would cast a long shadow, there was no reason to write off diesel cars, at least in the short term.

No base 2.0-litre diesel model yet, and we may not get one in the wake of dieselgate.

Osterloh also said that the supervisory board should also discuss changes to its own remuneration system once the dieselgate scandal has been resolved.

The dieselgate scandal rocked Volkswagen, with billions of euros wiped from its market value and fraud charges for its former chief executive Martin Winterkorn.

Despite the damage to its reputation from the dieselgate scandal, the VW group last year eclipsed Toyota 7203.T as the world's biggest selling carmaker.

VW has to date set aside 22.6 billion euros to cover the costs of dieselgate including fines and compensation payouts.

Until its "dieselgate" emissions scandal was revealed two and a half years ago, Europe's largest automaker had been slow to embrace electric cars.

Although its sales have held up, Volkswagen is still suffering the financial consequences of the "dieselgate" emissions scandal almost three years since it broke.