Another $600 million settles separate claims from Puerto Rico and 44 states.
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Kentuckians who bought Volkswagen’s “clean diesel” cars will receive restitution, and the state will get millions to offset pollution. More than 22,000 Washingtonians are affected by the settlement. While Volkswagen marketed the vehicles as environmentally friendly, they emitted harmful nitrogen oxide at rates “many times higher than the law permits”, Miller’s office said. Elizabeth Cabraser, the lead attorney for vehicle owners that are suing VW, said Tuesday that civil claims can continue against Bosch, which made the “defeat devices” that turned pollution controls on during Environmental Protection Agency lab tests and turned them off on real roads.
Under the settlement, Volkswagen agreed to spend as much as $10.03 billion to compensate the consumers.
In a statement, Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, said, “This partial settlement marks a significant first step towards holding Volkswagen accountable for what was a breach of its legal duties and a breach of the public’s trust”.
“People paid a premium for a benefit they simply did not receive”.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut officials say the state is set to receive more than $16 million of Volkswagen’s $15.3 billion settlement over its emissions-cheating scandal. Beshear said Kentucky’s initial share of that money is at least $19 million.
Another $4.7 billion will go toward state and federal air quality programs, as well as efforts that would promote zero-emission vehicles.
Owners who choose to have VW buy back their cars would get the National Automobile Dealers Association clean trade-in value from before the scandal became public on September 18, 2015.
Owners will have the choice of having Volkswagen buying back their vehicle or having the vehicle repaired once a fix is approved by the EPA and CARB.
Prior owners of affected vehicles will also get compensation, although just half of what the current owners would get, while those who leased cars will also get compensation, according to Reuters sources. In August 2015, the average was $13,196; this May it was $10,674, according to Kelley Blue Book.
Cars covered by today’s agreement include the 2013-2015 Volkswagen Beetle, 2010-2015 Golf, 2009-2015 Jetta, 2012-2015 Passat, and 2010-2013 and 2015 Audi A3. But Marron wants assurance that if Volkswagen fixes his auto but he doesn’t like the way it performs, the company will still buy it back.
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That’s all stemming from the automaker marketing, selling and leasing diesel vehicles equipped with illegal software that would cheat emission tests.
