West
Virginia Attorney General’s Office files lawsuit
Later on, the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office
drove into the picture by taking VW to
court. This is the Monongah High Alumni blog article on that tactic.
West Virginia suing VW over emissions cheating
The West Virginia Attorney General's Office wants $5,000 per
violation from Volkswagen of America over the automaker's cheating on auto
emissions. VW rigged its software so that, when the cars were tested while
stationery, pollution controls were turned on to reduce the output of nitrogen
oxide. When the VWs are on the road, the computer lets it spit out 40 times the
permitted pollution.
The Kanawha County Circuit Court complaint also seeks refunds
for West Virginia consumers who bought Volkswagen's TDI clean diesel vehicles.
Worldwide, 11 million VW diesel cars have evaded the emissions
tests illegally.
WVU
engineer, Daniel Carder, and his WVU team caught Volkswagen cheating by
testing the VWs while driving them on the West Coast.
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned. The
head of Porsche -- Matthias Mueller -- was promoted to the top job at
Volkswagen.
VW set
aside $7.3 billion for pay off claims tied to the cheating.
VW got
away with it for seven years. Till WVU’s guys entered the picture and smoked
out VW’s chicanery.
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