VOLKSWAGEN

A total of 11 million of Volkswagen's diesel vehicles have been affected by the worst crisis in the company's 78-year history.

The German automaker, facing repercussions from its diesel emissions controversy, is now touting the electric VW Phaeton, a challenger to the Tesla Model S.

Volkswagen’s recently announced new North America boss changed his mind and quit the company.

The German carmaker, reeling under the biggest crisis in its 78-year history, also announced plans to develop hybrids and electric cars and accelerate its "efficiency programs."

The German automaker's emissions-software controversy has affected mostly European nations, but countries in Africa and Asia have not been immune.

The recall in the company's largest market came amid reports that a European lender may freeze funds to the carmaker.

Martin Winterkorn, the VW CEO who steared Europe's largest carmaker to crisis, has since resigned, and upstarts in the corporation are calling for change.

Four other carmakers were not accused of installing any software to cheat on the emissions tests, but their diesels spew more pollution than shown in tests.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen's Australia unit said it will conduct a voluntary recall of nearly 100,000 vehicles equipped with emissions-rigging software.

The Texas city has become the latest local governmental entity to sue the German auto-maker over software trickery that faked road-test emissions for millions of diesel cars.

Volkswagen's U.S. boss admitted Thursday that most of the emissions-cheating cars need hardware repairs, not just software patches.

Michael Horn, who said he was made aware of “possible emissions non-compliance” in early 2014, will testify before a Congressional committee Thursday.

The talks comes amid the company's disclosure that over 90,000 vehicles sold in Australia are equipped with software to cheat on emissions tests.

Porsche chose Apple CarPlay for its vehicle entertainment system, but sibling brand Volkswagen will support Android Auto as well.

At a staff meeting at company headquarters Tuesday, Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller hinted at job cuts stemming from the massive emissions scandal engulfing the German automaker.

"West Virginia consumers responded to Volkswagen’s advertising by purchasing TDI clean diesel models, expecting that their vehicles would be environmentally friendly."

The German automaker reportedly has until Wednesday to fix some 2.8 million diesel vehicles in its home market equipped with emissions-cheating software.

"I believe the reputation of the German economy and the trust in the German economy has not been shaken by this to the extent that we are no longer considered a good business location," the chancellor says.

Despite Volkswagen’s lack of communication about when car fixes will come, dealers from Ohio to Florida say they aren’t sweating a significant loss of sales.

The death toll is probably much higher in Europe, where more of the German automaker’s cars were sold.

The emissions tests reportedly would begin in about 10 days, with results set to be published by next May.