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According to media reports, VW will probably pay a sum of less than 2.6 million euros to the Austrian state.
Wolfsburg, Vienna The carmaker has been involved in the diesel exhaust scandal VW agreed on compensation with the Austrian state. This was confirmed on Saturday by the Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Peschorn in Vienna and one VW-Speaker in Wolfsburg. The newspaper “Der Standard” had previously reported about it. The dispute concerned the impairment of approximately 2,100 VW diesel vehicles in the fleet of the Austrian police through manipulated exhaust gas software.
“We have agreed not to disclose the specific amount. It is a significant amount and it is reasonable, ”said Peschorn on the radio program“ Ö1 Mittagsjournal ”. According to information from circles, the value of the compensation is well below the 2.6 million euros Austria had requested. Volkswagen will not comment on the agreement, a spokesman said on request. According to him, the Austrian importer Porsche Austria GmbH closed the settlement, not VW in Germany,
In September 2015, VW, under pressure from US environmental agencies, admitted that it had cheated on emissions tests on a large scale. The so-called shutdown devices (“defeat devices”) were used to style the nitrogen oxide measurements down on the test bench. According to the company at the time, the affair affected around eleven million diesel cars worldwide. Because of the diesel scandal, the group has already booked more than 30 billion euros in legal costs.