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On 18 September 2015, the US EPA served a Notice of Violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act on Volkswagen Group alleging that Volkswagen and Audi automobiles equipped with 2-litre TDI diesel engines, and sold in the US between 2009 and 2015, had an emissions-compliance "defeat device" installed, and ordered a recall of 482,000 vehicles.
On 28 June 2016, Volkswagen agreed to pay a settlement of $15.3 billion, the largest auto-related consumer class-action lawsuit in United States history. [ 14 ] In May 2014, the EPA was first alerted to the issue by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), reporting results [ 15 ] of research commissioned for them by West ...
As part of a January 2019 settlement, Fiat Chrysler recalled and repaired approximately 100,000 automobiles equipped with a 3.0-litre V6 EcoDiesel engine having a prohibited defeat device, pay $311 million in total civil penalties to US regulators and CARB, pay $72.5 million for state civil penalties, implement corporate governance reforms, and ...
At the time, the presiding judge suggested that the two sides could consider a settlement, which he said would be possible though very difficult. Volkswagen, German consumer group in diesel ...
Volkswagen agreed to a $14.7 billion settlement, which included $2.7 billion for an independent mitigation trust that would be administered by local governments in an effort to reduce NOx ...
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It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, established in late 2016 by the automaker as part of its efforts to offset emissions in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Volkswagen , as part of its settlement following the "Dieselgate" emissions scandal, invested $2 billion in creating Electrify America.
Since the EPA first started regulating clean air in the 1970s, emissions of the most common air pollutants have dropped by almost 80%. But around Houston, there's still a long way to go. Each year ...