VW to pay California additional $86M in civil penalties over defeat device

Green Car Congress
By mmillikinJul 8, 2016, 3:31 pm160 pts
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that, in addition to the historic $14.7-billion settlement with Volkswagen announced last week (earlier post), the company will also pay California $86 million in civil penalties as part of a second partial settlement over the company’s use of “defeat…

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