Renault to face criminal trial in France over dieselgate
- Renault will face a criminal trial in France on aggravated fraud charges over accusations that devices in its diesel cars were designed to cheat clean air laws, the public prosecutor's office told French press agency AFP.
- Issued on: 29/07/2026 - 12:31Modified: 29/07/2026 - 12:33 2 min Reading time The French carmaker will be the second referred to criminal court in France after Volkswagen over what has become known as the dieselgate scandal.
- The scandal erupted in September 2015 when German automaker Volkswagen admitted fitting millions of vehicles with software to make engines appear less pol
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- Renault will face a criminal trial in France on aggravated fraud charges over accusations that devices in its diesel cars were designed to cheat clean air laws, the public prosecutor's office told French press agency AFP.
- Issued on: 29/07/2026 - 12:31Modified: 29/07/2026 - 12:33 2 min Reading time The French carmaker will be the second referred to criminal court in France after Volkswagen over what has become known as the dieselgate scandal.
- The scandal erupted in September 2015 when German automaker Volkswagen admitted fitting millions of vehicles with software to make engines appear less pol
Sources: RFI