It seems that Volkswagen is about to get its day in court as the US Environmental Protection Agency Department Of Justice is suing Volkswagen for cheating on the emissions of their diesel vehicles. Here’s what the CBC has to say on this:
A civil complaint filed in Detroit Monday does not include criminal charges but would involve additional monetary penalties for Volkswagen, which admitted in September that it had installed software on 11 million vehicles worldwide designed to beat emissions tests.
All told, the maximum possible fine would total in the billions, and comes on top of numerous class action suits being pursued on behalf of owners.
That’s sure to further erode whatever positive image that Volkswagen has left. I’m going to guess that this will never make it to trial and VW will try to settle this out of court. But we will have to wait and see on that front, and it will be interesting to watch.
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Volkswagen Gets Sued Over #DieselGate
It seems that Volkswagen is about to get its day in court as the US
Environmental Protection AgencyDepartment Of Justice is suing Volkswagen for cheating on the emissions of their diesel vehicles. Here’s what the CBC has to say on this:A civil complaint filed in Detroit Monday does not include criminal charges but would involve additional monetary penalties for Volkswagen, which admitted in September that it had installed software on 11 million vehicles worldwide designed to beat emissions tests.
All told, the maximum possible fine would total in the billions, and comes on top of numerous class action suits being pursued on behalf of owners.
That’s sure to further erode whatever positive image that Volkswagen has left. I’m going to guess that this will never make it to trial and VW will try to settle this out of court. But we will have to wait and see on that front, and it will be interesting to watch.
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