Industry
Automotive
3 organizations and 10 assessed claims in automotive.
Organizations
- Hino Motors, Ltd.Japan. 3 claims, 2 cases.
- Nikola CorporationUnited States. 4 claims, 3 cases.
- Volkswagen AGGermany. 3 claims, 2 cases.
Claims
- Supported4
- Partly supported1
- Contradicted3
- Outdated2
- Supported67An AFP report said a German court in Braunschweig convicted four former Volkswagen managers over the diesel emissions scandal on 26 May 2025.
- Outdated71Justice Department releases in 2025 described Hino Motors as a Toyota subsidiary.
- Supported93The Justice Department announced in January 2025 that Hino agreed to plead guilty and pay over US$1.6 billion to resolve an emissions fraud scheme.
- Contradicted77Hino's initial 2022 disclosure said its engine data misconduct dated from around 2016.
- Outdated70The SEC announced in December 2021 that Nikola would pay US$125 million to resolve fraud charges.
- Contradicted83Nikola said in September 2020 that the allegations in the Hindenburg report were false and misleading.
- Supported74A September 2020 Hindenburg Research report said a Nikola promotional video showed its truck rolling down a hill after being towed up, not driving under its own power.
- Partly supported73The Hindenburg report said Nikola's claims to design key components in house were false and that it bought inverters from a supplier called Cascadia.
- Contradicted88Volkswagen AG said in November 2015 that no software had been installed in its 3.0 liter V6 diesel engines to alter emissions in a forbidden manner.
- Supported97The US EPA alleged in a notice of violation dated 18 September 2015 that Volkswagen installed software in model year 2009 to 2015 2.0 liter diesel cars to defeat emissions controls.