260,000 customers get VW money back:-diesel driver to get compensation

The car maker and the consumer advocates had begun early in January, settlement negotiations, they declared in mid-February for a failure. VW responded with hun

260,000 customers get VW money back:-diesel driver to get compensation

The car maker and the consumer advocates had begun early in January, settlement negotiations, they declared in mid-February for a failure. VW responded with hundreds of thousands of diesel scandal affected customers an out-of-court settlement. You should get from the end of March, "a tailored quote for a one-time payment" - depending on the vehicle, and vehicle age, between 1350 and 6257 Euro. The reason for the Failure were said to be high cost claims by lawyers for the settlement. The consumer advocates feared then, VW could pull with the approach of individual compensation-effective from the affair, as in the case of a formal settlement before the court. The control possibilities are also limited. This was at the core of the reason for the Failure of the talks : the VW was not in the processing of the payments "to the transparency and safety measures" ready. The group counters: It was contrary to the Association here, even the conflict had turned rather to the amount of the fees of the lawyers should organize the settlement. These had rejected the allegation of VW, however, significantly. The higher regional court of Braunschweig, the parties repeated a few days later, but back to the table. Court President Wolfgang Scheibel was moderated by the new talks.

consumer advocates lawsuits against VW

The vzbv is suing as a proxy for VW customers before the higher regional court for compensation. The Association wants to leave with a so-called pattern for a declaratory judgment to clarify that the group has harmed diesel buyer's "intentional and immoral" and, therefore, compensation must pay.

In the complaint register by the competent Federal office for justice until the beginning of the pattern approval process approximately 470,000 applications. VW had stressed that there were many cancellations and possible Multiple registrations. From a comparison of benefit to previous agreements, only the action register, registered customers.

Diesel scandal: The truth behind

The exhaust gas scandal is the biggest scandal in the German automotive history. It cost Volkswagen, and other companies billion and revealed, especially in the VW group's dramatic developments. However, the scandal is also used politically for the achievement of goals such as driving bans to push through. How came it ever to the Diesel Drama? What is actually behind the "German environmental aid"? And why only in Germany, Diesel-driving bans for not even four years old cars that are justified by local Exceedances of measured values? FOCUS Online is looking for 2015 behind the Scenes.

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Date Of Update: 28 February 2020, 15:00
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