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.