WASHINGTON – Peace made between Volkswagen and American motorists after dieselgate scandal. It ‘been a definitive agreement between the automaker and US authorities. According to the agreement, the group of Wolfsburg will pay a total of 14.7 billion dollars, it is the largest figure ever recorded in the United States for a class action. In detail, Volkswagen will pay up to 10.03 billion to cover legal costs and compensation related to the owners of the vehicles involved in the appeals case, up to 2.7 billion for an environmental fund and another 2 billion to promote the technology for vehicles to zero emissions.
specifically, just over 10 billion of dollars are intended for the repurchase of cars to their value calculated before the scandal, while an additional digit will be used for compensation to the owners. The compensation offered to the owners of the cars will range from $ 5,100 to 10 thousand, based on the value of the vehicle before last September, which is the time when Volkswagen admitted publicly that his cars designated as “clean” were designed in such a way to get around tests on the quality of the environmental impact in particular with respect to air quality.
the owners of the cars in the United States may also choose to have the modified vehicle repaired in fact in a manner to satisfy the appropriate standards, instead of selling it to Volkswagen, even if this would be a likelihood a reduction in the car’s performance. Compensation is also provided for the Volkswagen car owners who have sold after the explosion of the scandal. Volkswagen also will pay $ 2.7 billion in favor of a provision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the federal agency in charge of environmental protection, as compensation for the environmental impact of car “manipulated,” while undertakes to spend two billion dollars in new projects to drive anymore. “clean”
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