The action was filed Monday at the Braunschweig Regional Court on behalf of 278 institutional investors from around the world

Michael Horn sent an email to employees thanking them for supporting him and for pulling together during the crisis.

  "We are ordering the recall," a spokesman for the motor transport authority said on Thursday

  Volkswagen did not say how the planned refit would make cars with the "cheat" software comply with regulations, or how this...