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Volkswagen's botched (làm vụng, làm hỏng) April Fools' Day prank (trò đùa, chơi khăm) may have landed it in hot water (trong tình huống 'nước sôi lửa bỏng') with financial regulators.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is examining how Volkswagen of America's bogus press release announcing a rebrand to "Voltswagen" — well before the April 1 holiday — impacted its share price (tác động tới giá cổ phiếu).

A representative (đại diện) from the Volkswagen Group in Germany declined to comment (từ chối bình luận) on Friday.

On March 29, Volkswagen briefly posted an unfinished press release announcing plans to rename in the US to "Voltswagen of America" as a nod to its electric-vehicle ambitions (tham vọng xe điện). The announcement said that battery-powered Volkswagen vehicles would come with Voltswagen badging (biểu hiện, vật tượng trưng, dấu hiệu).