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Volkswagen tests electric cars, transit apps on Greek island

June 2, 2021 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — German carmaker Volkswagen launched a five-year project Wednesday on the small Greek Aegean island of Astypalea to test the adoption of electric vehicles in areas switching to sustainable energy generation.

Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over emissions scandal

By GEIR MOULSON and DAVID McHUGHSeptember 24, 2019 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors dealt a blow to Volkswagen's efforts to put the 2015 emissions-cheating case behind it, charging the automaker's chief executive, chairman and former CEO with stock manipulation for not telling investors at the time that the scandal was about to break...