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VW Will Pay $86 Million to Settle California’s Civil Claims Over Diesels
Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay an $86 million penalty to cover costs associated with California’s investigation of the carmaker’s diesel emission cheating, Reuters reports.
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Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay an $86 million penalty to cover costs associated with California’s investigation of the carmaker’s diesel emission cheating, Reuters reports.
The amount is in addition to the $15.3 billion settlement VW struck last month with California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Dept. of Justice.
Reuters says $76 million of the new settlement will go directly to the California attorney general’s office to offset the costs of investigating and litigating the state’s portion of the larger VW settlement. The remaining $10 million will be used to pay for research by agencies and universities into methods to detect emission test “defeat devices,” such as the software VW used to evade emission standards.
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