大众支付 2.42 亿美元在英格兰和威尔士解决 Dieselgate 案，但不承认责任

克里斯·奇尔顿|发表于 2022 年 5 月 25 日

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大众汽车已同意支付 1.93 亿英镑（合 2.42 亿美元），与受柴油门丑闻影响的英国和威尔士大众汽车集团车主庭外和解。

律师事务所 Slater and Gordon、Leigh Day 和 PGMBM 向大众集团和大众经销商提出了大约 91,000 起索赔，要求因大众使用2015 年 9 月曝光的排放作弊软件，对车主进行赔偿。

大众汽车氮氧化物排放集团诉讼中的和解并不构成大众集团承认责任，其理由是迅速结束此事而不是在法庭上对索赔提出异议是最好的（阅读：最便宜的）行动方案。大众不会参与和解金的分配，但会单独分摊索赔人的法律费用和其他费用。

安装在配备 EA189 四缸涡轮柴油发动机的大众集团汽车上的非法软件使这些汽车能够检测它们何时在实验室试验台条件下运行并减少排放。但它们在正常驾驶中的运作方式会有所不同，产生更高的性能，但会产生更多的空气污染物。这一丑闻影响了全球 1100 万辆汽车，并使大众汽车的一些高级管理人员和工程师入狱。

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“大众汽车集团很高兴我们能够结束在英格兰和威尔士的长期诉讼，”大众汽车公司首席法务官菲利普哈曼说。“随着大众汽车集团继续超越直到 2015 年 9 月的令人深感遗憾的事件，和解协议是另一个重要的里程碑。”

Slater and Gordon 首席执行官大卫·惠特莫尔在评论和解时说：“在过去的 5 年里，Slater 和 Gordon 正确地为此案做出了重大而坚定的承诺，为大约 70,000 名索赔人提供了专家意见。和解避免了漫长、复杂和昂贵的审判过程，我们很高兴通过集体行动为我们的客户达成了和解。”

Volkswagen Pays $242m To Settle Dieselgate Case In England And Wales Without Admitting Liability

BY CHRIS CHILTON | POSTED ONMAY 25, 2022

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Volkswagen has agreed to pay £193m ($242m) to settle out of court with owners of VW Group cars in the UK and Wales affected by the dieselgate scandal.

Law firms Slater and Gordon, Leigh Day, and PGMBM brought around 91,000 claims against VW Group and VW dealers by owners demanding compensation for VW’s use of emission-cheating software that was exposed in September 2015.

The settlement in the Volkswagen NOx Emissions Group Litigation does not constitute an admission of liability by VW Group, which reasoned that bringing the matter to a close swiftly rather than contest the claims in court was the best (read: least expensive) course of action. VW won’t be involved in the distribution of the settlement fund, but it is making a separate contribution towards the claimants’ legal costs and other fees incurred.

Illegal software fitted to VW Group vehicles with EA189 four-cylinder turbodiesel engines enabled those cars to detect when they were being run in laboratory testbed conditions and reduce emissions. But they would operate differently in normal driving, producing more performance, but more air pollutants. The scandal affected 11 million vehicles around the world and landed some of VW’s senior managers and engineers in prison.

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“The Volkswagen Group is pleased that we have been able to conclude this long running litigation in England & Wales,” said Philip Haarmann, Chief Legal Officer of Volkswagen AG. “The settlement is another important milestone as the Volkswagen Group continues to move beyond the deeply regrettable events leading up to September 2015.”

Commenting on the settlement, Slater and Gordon CEO David Whitmore said: “Over the last 5 years, Slater and Gordon have rightly dedicated a significant and unwavering commitment to this case, providing an expert voice to a round 70,000 claimants. The settlement avoids the need for a lengthy, complex and expensive trial process and we are delighted to have achieved this settlement for our customers as a result of the group action.”

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