Herbie on the naughty step

The furore over the emissions scandal could hardly have come at a better time for electric and driverless-car makers, says Alex Williams.

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Tesla: poised to outpace the opposition?

The emissions scandal choking Volkswagen just keeps getting worse. Last year, VW earmarked €6.7bn to cover costs after it was caught fitting "defeat" devices to millions of vehicles, allowing the cars to falsely pass emissions tests. But after a board meeting this month, that figure has more than doubled to €16bn ($18bn).

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