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US files civil suit against Volkswagen for violating clean air laws
2016-01-04 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US government has sued Volkswagen over allegations that the German company illegally installed special software to cheat emission tests. The lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice in federal court in Detroit on Monday claims that VW violated the Clean Air Act by installing defeat devices in almost 600,000 diesel vehicles in the US. After being caught by the regulator in September, VW admitted installing the software, which was designed to trick regulators into believing its cars are...
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