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The car maker pays diesel owners compensation in the millions.
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Hamburg Volkswagen has as part of the comparison negotiated with consumer protection groups agreed on compensation with around 200,000 diesel owners. A total of around 620 million euros will be distributed to them, the Wolfsburg-based carmaker announced on Monday, the cut-off date for the acceptance of the comparison.
Another 21,000 cases would still be examined. The deadline was extended to April 30 to enable other persons entitled to compare to register and others to submit documents later.
Volkswagen had negotiated a settlement with the consumer association VZBV at the end of February. According to this, the carmaker is providing compensation for a total of 262,000 eligible VW customers of 830 million euros.