Automotive industry

VW high penalty in Germany

In the Diesel-affair threaten to Volkswagen more costs accrue. Among U.S. States, California gets the largest share of the fines from VW.

The Braunschweig Prosecutor’s office for a procedure, with the illegal gains could be reimbursed from the sale of the world’s approximately eleven million rigged cars started. “We have initiated a penalty procedure against VW,” said a senior Prosecutor Klaus Pull the “süddeutsche Zeitung” (SZ), NDR and the WDR. In addition to the punishment of administrative offences, the procedure turn to the possible “absorption of the economic benefit” from the sale of diesel cars, whose emissions had falsified data VW in Tests.

With the provisions of relevant exhaust gas purification, the car would not be able to earn the farmer in the affected vehicles so much, reported the SZ prior. The difference in amount could require the investigating authority now afterwards. A group spokesman said, VW could not comment on the procedure currently. In Braunschweig, criminal are already investigation against VW is Responsible because of possible fraud and market manipulation in the exhaust gas scandal.

At the end of June, Volkswagen had reached an agreement with 44 U.S. States, who had filed a complaint against VW, on comparisons. The Wolfsburg-based group will pay a total of $ 603 million, to remove existing and possible future consumer protection actions in the world. On Thursday (local time) was announced by the attorney General in California, Kamala Harris, that the Federal government will receive 88 million dollars of the penalty payments. The Department of California was instrumental in the discovery of the affair.

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Comparison in the USA in the VW-exhaust-scandal

But that is only the level of the Federal States. In addition, the wolf Burger must cost a lot of money expected to be up to 14.7 billion dollars in the United States. The largest part of which is intended for customers. VW had agreed in the USA with authorities, car dealers and many of the damaged vehicle owners recently on the 14.7-billion-Dollar comparison.

Also in Europe

The Spanish judiciary launched an investigation into the Volkswagen group. The judge, Ismael Moreno decided by the National court in Madrid. The Volkswagen AG stand in the suspicion of fraud, subsidy fraud, and the violation of the environmental laws, as stated in the disposal of the lawyers.

In the course of the exhaust-affair in Belgium calls by several German car manufacturers, information about Software applications in vehicles. The focus of Volkswagen, Opel, BMW, Mercedes and Audi are among other things, such as the Ministry of economy announced in Brussels. The manufacturer should explain, among other things, who decide in business, whether a Software is to be applied, and to what extent would inform the customer about it.

zdh/sti (afp, dpa)