Volkswagen reached an agreement with the US government to spend just over one billion dollars to compensate owners of diesel vehicles manipulated the results of emission testing and avoid a trial by the scandal of pollutant emissions said a person briefed on the matter.
the person said that this is an agreement in principle that does not include the final details on the amount received by each owner.
the closed with the Attorney General pact, US environmental authorities and the Länder, would be to provide compensation of $ 5,000 each affected in that country. the company will seek thereby resolve the dispute by misleading consumers by selling diesel cars that were loaded to falsify emission levels.
Such figures have yet to be resolved. Some owners would have the option of having their vehicles repaired or Volkswagen will buy them.
it is very likely that the agreement be revealed on Thursday morning during a court hearing in San Francisco. the person said the deal will not include plans to fix the cars, which apparently still under negotiation.
the person asked not to be identified because the agreement have not been disclosed.
owners seek compensation for case emissions
Lawyers of thousands of car owners Volkswagen diesel falsified the results of emission testing had asked a judge to order payment compensation if the company and government regulators did not reach an agreement on Thursday.
the order appears on a proposed agenda for the hearing scheduled for Thursday before US magistrate judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco .
He says that the owners want an expedited hearing or a trial to obtain an order of “fair compensation” would begin in July. Otherwise, they want a trial rule that would force VW to pay damages in the same time frame.
Volkswagen says in the document that are not considered appropriate for a hearing or trial because it is moving towards a arrangement and compensation. The solution could meet in Thursday’s hearing.
Lawyers for the owners presented the trial order in an attempt to advance the case, said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond. Cases have been extended, no polluting cars in circulation and owners wonder if VW will buy back vehicles or carried out a repair that reduce performance and mileage per gallon of gasoline.
The owners initiated thousands of lawsuits VW after the company acknowledged in September that intentionally falsified testing emissions and polluting cars put into circulation. The cars exceeded emissions tests while nitrogen oxide emitted at levels 40 times above the permitted.
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