The German group will have to agree to compensate about 600,000 group car owners equipped with fraudulent kit, USA.
After lengthy negotiations, regulators have reached an agreement with Volkswagen to resolve the legal dispute. According to the German Die Welt, the Wolfsburg manufacturer has agreed to spend at least $ 10 billion (EUR 8.8 billion) - budget tbc - to compensate about 600,000 US customers diesel-equipped models with handler greenhouse gas emissions equipment. Each customer will receive 4400 euros compensation. In addition, VW assume the costs of removal of the affected devices in cars.
The German group also opened the possibility of purchase of such car owners in the US by offering them a financial proposal equivalent to the market value of the car. VW's spokesmen and the US courts refuse to have to review this information. VW is expected, however, to rule on this issue by the end of the week. It is recalled that in Europe have been identified 8.5 million cars with the same problem.
However, the German newspaper Handelsblatt advances that was the Audi responsible for the development of fraudulent kit in 1999 before it begins to be adopted in the VW models in 2005. This device will have been created to fight the restrictions introduced in Europe in 2001 , pointing to a limitation of NOx emissions of 0.5 g / km.
However, VW issued a statement in which it confirmed to have reached an agreement in principle with the US authorities, leaving the promise of the coming weeks to reveal the details involving compensation to customers.