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VW Pays Another $154 Million in Diesel Cheating Scandal
Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay the California Air Resources Board another $154 million (€32 million) to cover air quality fines and the agency’s legal costs related to VW’s diesel emission cheating.
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Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay the California Air Resources Board another $154 million (€32 million) to cover air quality fines and the agency’s legal costs related to VW’s diesel emission cheating, the Financial Times reports.
VW agreed previously to pay California $533 million and spend $800 million to bolster the state’s network of hydrogen and electric charging stations for zero-emission vehicles.
CARB notes that its investigation was complicated by VW employees who continued to lie about rigging emission tests. The agency eventually discovered that VW was using illegal software that detected when a pollution test was over, then relaxed emission controls.
CARB says affected cars emitted as much as 40 times the allowable levels of nitrogen oxides in normal driving conditions.
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