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People don’t always realise the huge impact that some cars are having on the environment and our health. Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) is produced in the emissions of diesel vehicles, and it’s very damaging to human health and the environment. NOx can get trapped in built-up areas and contributes to a number of health problems.
NOx is the pollutant at the heart of the VW emissions scandal. It’s NOx that VW’s so-called “defeat device” is essentially allowing to be polluted way more than the official testing figures suggested.
As a dangerous pollutant, it needs to be heavily regulated, but thanks to VW, 11 million vehicles worldwide have been polluting more NOx than they were supposed to…
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The monumental fallout from the VW emissions scandal left us with serious questions about the lack of care shown by big corporations for our health and our environment. In the absence of any real government punishment, we’re also left wondering whether the State cares either.
So, what about the legal system? Do the judges and lawyers care? Well, part and parcel of what we’re doing here with our action is because we care, and we know there are judges who feel the same.
Earlier this year, a High Court ruling denied the U.K. government’s attempts to delay the publishing of their anti-air-pollution strategy. An official spokesperson for Theresa May claimed they will not be appealing the decision; but why delay it in the first place? This is really important stuff!
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Environmental researchers have reportedly calculated the number of premature deaths possibly resulting from higher levels of dangerous emissions being produced by diesel vehicles in Europe.
The figure has been released as 4,560; that’s 4,560 innocent people that have reportedly had their lives cut short because of excessive pollution being churned into the air we breathe by cars; like the NOx produced from diesel cars at the centre of the VW emissions scandal.
It does not make for good reading…
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Two years after Volkswagen admitted there are “emissions irregularities” with their vehicles, prosecutors are still investigating the company to find out which employees were involved in facilitating the scandal, who knew what, and who played a part in hiding the deceit from authorities.
Zaccheo Giovanni Pamio is reportedly being held in a German jail for his alleged participation in the scandal while working as the head engineer of thermodynamics for Audi’s engine development department. He has since reportedly provided German investigators with statements and evidence of his involvement and knowledge of the scandal.
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After refusing compensation to VW customers here in the U.K., VW have been issuing a software/technical “fix” that supposedly resolves the issue of the increased NOx from the so-called “defeat devices” installed in vehicles.
Nearly 1.2 million vehicles here in the U.K. are installed with the device that allows vehicles to produce more NOx by altering emissions-reducing controls in real world driving conditions.
At present, more than half of these vehicles have been “fixed”, but evidence suggests that the “fix” may be causing problems in some vehicles, and some of these issues may even be potentially putting people at risk.
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Popular German tabloid newspaper Bild- Zeitung published a Sunday edition alleging German politician, Stephan Weil, of being too lenient in a speech criticising Volkswagen for the emissions scandal.
Weil is the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony, where Volkswagen’s headquarters is based.
The weekend version of the newspaper alleges that Weil drafted a letter in October 2015 addressing the emissions scandal but shared it with Volkswagen before amending it to reduce criticism of the company. The newspaper quoted a VW employee saying the company allegedly “rewrote and watered down” parts of Weil’s speech to the state legislature.
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Former VW engineer, James Liang, pleaded guilty for his part in the emissions cheating that emerged in 2015, and prosecutors are now recommending a three year prison sentence for his involvement in the monstrous atrocity that shook the auto industry around the world.
Since the breaking of the scandal, VW has paid out around £20 billon in various penalty fines, settlements and lawsuits, and several executives and engineers are under investigation for their alleged participation in the scandal.
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Austria’s Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatanswaltschaft (WKStA) is the countries Central Public Prosecutor’s Office that investigates corruption and other economic criminal cases. A WKStA prosecutor’s spokeswoman has revealed that they have reportedly been looking into two companies for suspicious emissions results for a number of months and will continue to do so for many more.
She did not disclose which companies were under investigation, nor did she name any individuals. However, she did confirm the basis for investigating the companies were on grounds of serious fraud; environmental offences; and financial crimes reportedly relating to Volkswagen’s own emissions scandal.
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The Californian Air Resources Board (CARB) increased the penalty fine for Volkswagen in negotiating the settlement sum for the car maker’s emissions scandal.
CARB increased the amount by over £117 million; pushing the total amount payable to the state to just under £1 billion in British Sterling.
The additional penalty was reportedly added for environmental fines. CARB is entrusted with monitoring air pollution and are taking their role extremely seriously when it comes to enforcing sanctions against VW. The money will not sit in a Californian state bank but invested in environmentally-friendly projects like developing cleaner electric vehicles.
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Bosch has reportedly been revelled as an embodiment of technological brilliance for many years. In fact, one common retort in Stuttgart was “halt dei Gosch, I schaff beim Bosch”, which more or less means; “stop talking, I’m the one working for Bosch”.
Bosch employees perhaps prided themselves for being a part of an iconic company that demanded respect and admiration. However, the world-leading automotive technology supplier allegedly created and supplied the software used by VW that’s at the centre of this ongoing emissions scandal; and it’s costing them a lot.
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A €10,000 (approximately £9,120) premium is a very attractive offer after two years of denying financial help and legal liability to victims of the atrocious emissions scandal the major car corporation was engaged in for something like a decade before getting caught in 2015.
As part of this new strategy employed by VW, here are what some owners could expect to receive towards purchasing a new VW vehicle as part of a trade-in scheme:
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Former VW executive, Oliver Schmidt, pleaded guilty for his participation in the automaker’s emissions scandal that was revealed to the public in September 2015.
According to reports, some employees and executives had been working on the so-called “defeat device” for approximately a decade, starting in May 2006. The employees reportedly agreed to effectively deceive regulators when they realised that VW engines wouldn’t be compliant with emissions standards.
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