VW admitted in 2015 to fitting 11-million vehicles worldwide with software to make engines appear less polluting
So far the legal fallout has cost VW more than €30bn globally in costs, fines and compensation, most of it in the US and Germany.
He said it “exposes VW's disregard for EU emissions regulations and public health in pursuit of profit and market dominance”. “While Volkswagen is disappointed that the outcome was not in our favour, the judgment relates only to preliminary issues,” it said in a statement. Bozena Michalowska Howells, of law firm Leigh Day that also represented claimants in Britain, said the ruling was “hugely significant” for its clients “battling for four years to hold Volkswagen to account”.
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