Volkswagen has reeled from the revelation that its cars were deliberately engineered to appear to meet emission standards while emitting as much as 40 times the permitted smog-forming tailpipe pollution.
The Texas county that includes Houston sued Volkswagen Group of America Inc. for $100 million, claiming the carmakers cheating on emission controls worsened pollution in the area.
Volkswagen AGs diesel-cheating affair deepened as the European Union urged all 28-member countries to start their own investigations and the scandal threatened to ensnare rival BMW AG.
BMW AG, Audi AG and Daimler AG will buy Nokia Oyjs digital-map unit for 2.8 billion euros ($3.1 billion) to gain technology for connected cars that will eventually be the basis for self-driving vehicles.