Volkswagen, dieselgate: towards agreement by 15 billion in the US

The Volkswagen Group, overwhelmed by the scandal Dieselgate last autumn, would be ready to sign an agreement to compensate the 475,000 buyers of cars sold in the US as a non-polluting.

Terms of the deal, although not known at the time, would cover only part of the cars sold by the German giant; compensation could even be the record for the largest class action in America, reaching up to 15 billion dollars. Of the total figure, the New York Times writes, 10 billion will be reserved to purchase vehicles at the prices they had before the scandal broke. The compensation offered to the owners of the cars will go instead from $ 5,000 to 10 thousand, depending on the value of the vehicle before last September, which is the time when Volkswagen admitted publicly that his cars designated as "clean".

In addition, the German car manufacturer will pay $ 27 billion to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as compensation for environmental damage caused by the rigged vehicles.

It turns out that in the coming hours the terms of the said Agreement will be presented to a federal judge in California who will give the final approval needed to start with the application of the plan.