US state attorneys say VW 'not cooperating'

[wemay]

http://www.dw.com/en/us-state-attorneys-say-vw-not-cooperating/a-18968069

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State attorneys from 48 US states expressed discontent with VW's gambit of citing German law as the reason for not turning over the requested emails.
"I find it frustrating that despite public statements professing cooperation and an expressed desire to resolve the various investigations, Volkswagen is in fact resisting cooperation by citing German law," Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said in a statement Friday.

 

[AirgunSavant]

Iran and Hillary do it, why not VW?

 

[bmwjohn]

privacy is a really big thing in Europe. The optimal thing is to combine the VW lawsuits with the suits against Google, Microsoft,Uber, etc. and reach a political settlement since most of this IS political, and the more 48 busy bodies hammer VW for putting Euro Common Market law for ECM e mails above Kentucky law the messier it will be.

 

[Garak]

If choosing to not roll over and submit is "not cooperating," I can see the attorneys' point.

Whether they like it or not, though, in an international economy, we're going to have international disputes over electronic communications.

This isn't 1950, where they serve a subpoena on a U.S. office and take the local documents, and hope another country cooperates with documents in that other location. We can readily have multiple copies all over the place, these days.

 

[Nate1979]

This is going to continue to damage their reputation.

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: Nate1979
This is going to continue to damage their reputation.



On the contrary, all the TDI drivers I know (which is a good number), indicate that if they had $20-30k in their pocket to buy a new car tomorrow, another tdi is precisely what they would buy. All this is doing is showing the idiocy of the EPA's war on passenger diesels.

 

[turtlevette]

Let VW sell cars somewhere else.

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: Nate1979
This is going to continue to damage their reputation.
Their reliability hasn't. This whole cheating thing is the first thing that would make me consider a VW product.

 

[GiveMeAVowel]

Originally Posted By: Nate1979
This is going to continue to damage their reputation.


No, it isn't. Plenty of worse issues with other manufacturers out there like folks DYING from airbag explosions and ignition key faults. The VW situation is a MINOR one in the history of recalls. I too wouldn't be put off the least when considering a new car to make it a VW and a diesel at that.

 

[KGMtech]

German 'privacy laws' essentially allowed for a crazy pilot to kill himself with all his crew and passengers.

VW should be careful of how they try to protect themselves, they could win the battle and lose the war of the marketplace.

 

[Vern_in_IL]

I would not bad mouth the cars, once fined and the guilty party goes to prison. I would buy a Volkswagon.

 

[BISCUT]

The masses are "[censored]" kinda thing. VW dispute every single aspect until the settlement number is what they are comfortable with. Then settle. The reputation will not see any additional damamge and they will build back up.

Secondarily, there is no compulsion to cooperate. It's an adversarial process. Should be no negative against VW for making the govt PROVE THEIR case.

 

[SatinSilver]

I'm sure their corporate attorneys are handling the mess right now. Otherwise they may implicate themselves even further. They're trying to mitigate the damages as much as possible. After it's settled then they will hire a good PR firm.

 

[Mr Nice]

VW not cooperating?

American government halt all sales of VW sales, including non diesel vehicles. For the same money a Honda or Toyota is a better buy.

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: Vern_in_IL
I would not bad mouth the cars, once fined and the guilty party goes to prison. I would buy a Volkswagon.

Has the government proven their case yet? We're leaping to a sentence, yet wrongdoing hasn't even been demonstrated in a court of law, much less ascribed to any guilty parties.

 

[HerrStig]

Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Iran and Hillary do it, why not VW?
ROFL !

 

[HerrStig]

Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: Vern_in_IL
I would not bad mouth the cars, once fined and the guilty party goes to prison. I would buy a Volkswagon.

Has the government proven their case yet? We're leaping to a sentence, yet wrongdoing hasn't even been demonstrated in a court of law, much less ascribed to any guilty parties.
They just want VW to fork over the Euros, roll over, and play dead.

 

[Jimzz]

Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: Vern_in_IL
I would not bad mouth the cars, once fined and the guilty party goes to prison. I would buy a Volkswagon.

Has the government proven their case yet? We're leaping to a sentence, yet wrongdoing hasn't even been demonstrated in a court of law, much less ascribed to any guilty parties.


What? Have you been paying attention? VW has already admitted they cheated, lied about it, and even tried to cover it up.

This is not a case of guilt vs innocence; but how many knew, how long, and what part did they play.

 

[A_Harman]

Originally Posted By: Mr Nice
VW not cooperating?

American government halt all sales of VW sales, including non diesel vehicles.


On what grounds? If the cars meet all applicable laws, how is the gummint justified in punitive action before VW has been convicted in a court of law?

 

[A_Harman]

Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Let VW sell cars somewhere else.


They already do sell cars somewhere else.
Why banish them from the American market? Because they made the EPA look like a bunch of flat-footed blustering fools?