the NEW YORK – Via the free judiciary in the american to the maxi-agreement of compensation for a 15-billion-dollar Volkswagen for the scandal of the diesel emissions fixing. The judge of the court of San Francisco in charge of the case has given its final approval to the agreement reached in recent months by the German company and by the legal owners of almost half a million of the cars damaged by the illegal software that reduced the pollution only in the test conditions while the dispersion of toxic gases into the atmosphere while driving on the street violated the limits of the law.
The agreement, signed in June, also with the authorities of environmental protection (Epa), is 475.000 us consumers in possession of cars with diesel engines two-litre. They will receive tens of billions of dollars, and reselling the cars of the scandal at the German house, and receiving an additional check between 5.100 and $ 10,000 each.
Vw, wondered 8.2 billion of compensation
Volkswagen will pay even 2.7 billion fine to the federal government, and will invest two billion in environmentally friendly technologies. The judge in california, Charles Breyer, had already defined this summer, the agreement "adequate and reasonable" but has had to deal with the objections raised by over 400 consumers before being able to express its final opinion.
Still open, however, remain in the negotiations with the Epa for any repairs to vehicles: a technical solution is satisfactory must be still submitted by Volkswagen to the authority. And solution parallel is still waiting for cars with engines of three liters, about 85,000, with a meeting in court between the negotiators of the parties scheduled for 3 November.
also Remain to resolve the criminal investigations of the us Department of Justice on possible liability for the crimes committed and the investigations in Europe.
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