|
Nov 7
The complaint, filed in the Cook County Circuit Court by
Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Monday, was against the
company's American unit and sought civil penalties for
violations of state environmental laws.
The German carmaker admitted last year to cheating U.S. vehicles
emissions tests using sophisticated software.
About 29,800 cars sold in Illinois were affected, Madigan said.
VW spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan said the company would review
the complaint.
Ginivan also said Volkswagen agreed to buy back or modify
affected 2-liter TDI vehicles, establish a $2.7 billion
environmental remediation trust, which will benefit all states
including Illinois, and invest $2 billion for infrastructure and
awareness to increase the use of zero emission vehicles across
the United States.
(Reporting by Arathy S Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj
Kalluvila)
[© 2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2016 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
|
|
