“The Volkswagen group and the plaintiffs have reached an amicable settlement,” the manufacturer announced in a press release, while the British justice system had ruled two years earlier in favor of motorists but had not yet ruled on the issue. the compensations.
This settlement resolves some 91,000 claims against various Volkswagen Group entities and dealers in this class action lawsuit in England and Wales.
Some 1.2 million Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda brand vehicles were affected in the United Kingdom by the cheating recognized by the German giant at the end of 2015, out of a total of 11 million Diesel cars in the world.
The High Court in London found in April 2020 that Volkswagen had indeed implemented “cheating software”, in violation of European rules, in cars sold in the United Kingdom in order to pass the pollutant emissions tests.
Dieselgate, which has resulted in legal action in many countries, has already cost Volkswagen more than 30 billion euros, largely in the United States where the German group pleaded guilty to fraud in 2017.
(Source: AFP)
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