Volkswagen has reached an agreement with the US authorities ws. Affair with measurement of exhaust – Onet.pl

Judge Charles Breyer said that a solution negotiated by Volkswagen with US authorities envisages the option of redemption by the German manufacturer’s most covered scandal cars with diesel engines or their repair, as well as “substantial compensation” for the owners of these vehicles.

on Thursday elapsed ultimatum to Volkswagen and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by judge Breyer, in which the responsibility lie hundreds of civil lawsuits in the US related to the manipulation of measurements of emissions by the German manufacturer.

Breyer demanded a detailed recovery plan approx. 580 thousand. cars Volkswagen diesel, falling in the US this scandal. The judge gave the parties time now to June 21 to work out details of the agreement.

The German daily “Die Welt” reported on Wednesday, citing the wheels involved in the negotiations that Volkswagen will pay each owner of the car undergoing manipulation 5 thousand. dollars in damages and at his own expense will adjust the exhaust system of the vehicle to the required standards. These cars, in which the changes are due to technical or financial impossible, will be redeemed by the manufacturer. According to sources, “Die Welt” settlement also provides for the payment by the Volkswagen high fine.

Following an investigation conducted by the subordinated to the government of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Volkswagen acknowledged in September 2015 years to install a total of about 11 million cars software helps falsify the results of measurements of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases of diesel engines. This software, known under the English name of defeat device, for savings purposes turn off the system to neutralize nitrogen oxides during the normal operation of the car and włączało him after recognizing that the engine is tested.

Volkswagen found itself in this way in the center of the biggest scandal that hit in recent years the global automotive industry. He must now expect many years of trials and billions of dollars of penalties for breaking the rules on technical standards and environmental protection. Persons responsible for these abuses also applies to criminal liability.