In a statement, Volkswagen said high-end manufacturer
Audi had agreed to pay an 800-million-euro ($927 million) fine issued by Munich prosecutors.
"Audi AG has accepted the fine" for "deviations from regulatory requirements in certain
V6 and V8 diesel aggregates (motors) and diesel vehicles", the group said.
In their own communique, Munich prosecutors confirmed their so-called "administrative proceeding" against Audi was now "closed."
VW admitted in 2015 to building so-called "defeat devices" into 11 million cars worldwide, in a massive cheating scandal dubbed "dieselgate".
Software allowed vehicles to appear to meet emissions rules under lab conditions, while in fact spewing many times more harmful gases like nitrogen oxides (NOx) on the road.
Tuesday's fine brings the total costs to Volkswagen from dieselgate to more than 28 billion euros since 2015—most of that in penalties, buybacks and refits in the United States.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-audi-mega-fine-vw-latest.html#jCp
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