hrudzkiU.S. consumers received $9.8 billion in Volkswagen diesel settlements
Updated: Sep 2, 2020
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday that buyers of polluting Volkswagen AG vehicles received more than $9.8 billion in settlements.
Volkswagen agreed to offer to buy back or repair more than 550,000 polluting diesel U.S. vehicles after it admitted in 2015 it used secret software to cheat emissions tests.
The FTC in its final report on the settlements said more than 86% of consumers completing claims chose to return their car through a buyback or early lease termination rather than get a repair.