Mar 13, 2017

VW diesel compensation stalls in UK

The company has agreed to pay substantial compensation to people in the US who bought cars equipped with illegal software, capable of disguising their true emissions levels. Volkswagen has not yet made any payments to buyers in the UK or elsewhere in Europe, even though millions of cars sold in the region were also fitted with similar software. The software had been developed by VW's engineers because they realised that their cars were not capable of both passing strict US emissions tests, and offering high levels of performance. News of what Volkswagen had been doing prompted angry reactions from buyers, many of whom demanded compensation. As a result Volkswagen is facing a total bill in the US of $21bn.

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