More million penalty for Volkswagen – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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Volkswagen comes the affair manipulated emissions to be even more expensive. The American Washington State imposed a penalty in the amount of 176 million dollars (currently about 159 million euros) against the German carmaker as the Environmental Agency Washington Department of Ecology announced on Thursday.

“Volkswagen has the clean air laws of our state injured and people’s health at risk, “said Maia Bellon, head of the authority. By punishment the group for environmental law violations will be held accountable.

VW had tricked with emission

tests with a fraud software, is the actual emissions of about 21 000 registered in Washington diesel cars up to 40 times higher than specified. The penalty can be appealed within a period of 30 days. VW could not be reached for comment at first.

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The group only had end June agreed with hundreds American plaintiffs and the attorneys general of 44 states, including Washington, to a comparison of up to $ 15.3 billion. Thereafter, however, have been the states of New York, Maryland and Massachusetts filed new lawsuits against VW.