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VW Gets 90 Days More to Test Diesel Programs
Volkswagen AG has been granted another 90 days to verify emission compliance programs it was ordered by the U.S. Dept. of Justice to launch in the wake of its diesel emission cheating scandal four years ago.
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Volkswagen AG has been granted another 90 days to verify emission compliance programs it was ordered by the U.S. Dept. of Justice to launch in the wake of its diesel emission cheating scandal four years ago.
The programs are part of a $4.3 billion agreement in 2017 to settle civil and criminal charges in the U.S. The safeguards are intended to avert another case where dozens of executives at many levels of the company colluded to develop and implement illegal emission control software.
The bogus coding enabled 11 million VW diesels worldwide to meet pollution tests but exceed emissions under real-world driving conditions.
Reuters says the Justice Dept. ruling means the U.S. compliance auditor Larry Thompson and his team will continue to monitor VW until next September. Thompson, a former deputy attorney general, has been overseeing VW’s compliance efforts since 2017.
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