“in the context of the difficult negotiations, the result is the maximum achievable," said Board member Klaus Müller. VW's offer is within the scope of the compensation sums achieved so far in German courts in similar proceedings.”

… in Germany there were “260,000 customers who have registered with the Federal Office of Justice in the register of Law,” for whom “VW offers a one-time payment between 1350 and 6257 euros depending on the vehicle. This corresponds on average to around 15 percent of the original purchase price.”

But back to Berlin pollution – how many of the cars from #dieselgate are still on the road, pumping out NO2? Were they ever truly recalled? And how were the customers encouraged to bring them in?

And the timeline since is hardly satisfactory, according to cleanenergywire: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/dieselgate-timeline-car-emissions-fraud-scandal-germany

The #dieselgate fix was deemed inadequate in 2019 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1124676_vw-diesel-fix-deemed-inadequate-in-germany

As a recap of #dieselgate, the vehicles were found to have “emitted 40 times more NO2 in real driving” than VW claimed.

“The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in May confirmed that the main source of nitrogen oxides in German cities is road traffic, especially diesel vehicles. “

The nitrous in the air is also linked to greater susceptibility and more deaths from COVID: https://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=31811

Germany has been found to be consistently in breach of EU air quality regulations: https://www.euractiv.com/section/air-pollution/news/germany-convicted-for-breaching-eu-air-quality-law/ since #dieselgate

I discover this fact as a VW TDI leaves its engine on whilst parking in front of me. A Frenchman on crutches eventually screams “pollution!” at the owner, whilst the cafe’d Germans stare at him, bewildered.

Is Berlin’s nitrous oxide problem a legacy of #dieselgate?