Volkswagen Cheating Diesel Cars

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A huge parking lot north of the Pikes Peak International Raceway is filled with vehicles — even on days when race cars aren’t speeding around the oval.
Thousands of Golfs, Beetles, Jettas, Passats and Audi A3s have been brought here since the federal government cracked down on Volkswagen for cheating on emissions tests two years ago and had the German carmaker buy back its cars.
As of June 15, Volkswagen had reacquired 275,601 2.0 liter TDI vehicles and terminated leases on 10,027 cars. Some of them are being stowed at the parking lot south of Colorado Springs, waiting to be repaired and sold, or recycled for parts and scrap.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, VW violated the Clean Air Act by selling approximately 590,000 diesel vehicles that were equipped with “defeat devices” designed to cheat on federal emissions tests. On the road, the engines emitted almost 40 times the permitted levels of nitrogen oxides.
To settle the claims, VW pleaded guilty to the allegations and was fined $4.3 billion in criminal and civil penalties. The company also must spend $4.7 billion to mitigate pollution and invest in zero-emission vehicle technology, about $68.7 million of that sum will flow to Colorado projects, including construction of a zero-emissions vehicle charging network.
Volkswagen agreed to buy back or modify more than 487,000 2.0 liter TDI vehicles and pay up to $10 billion to compensate customers. A similar deal VW agreed to later requires the carmaker to pay at least $1.2 billion to fix or buy back 80,000 larger 3.0 liter TDI vehicles such as the VW Touareg and the Audi Q7.
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