Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused Volkswagen of installing sophisticated software on nearly 500,000 U.S. vehicles to manipulate emissions tests. The technology tricks regulators into believing that four-cylinder diesel cars comply with emissions standards, but the cars are actually emitting harmful pollutants at rates of up to 40 times acceptable standards. Volkswagen quickly halted sales of the cars after the allegations surfaced. The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal probe into the automaker\u2019s actions. The EPA has an investigation, and foreign regulators are expected to launch their own probes.Volkswagen has acknowledged \u201ca notable deviation between bench test results and actual road use\u201d in the affected vehicles.
\nVolkswagen said it would set aside 6.5 billion euro, or $7.3 billion, in its third quarter to address the matter and warned that the number could change. In the U.S., the EPA could fine Volkswagen up to $37,500 per car, which would equal a maximum fine of $18 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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