Center for Auto Safety Comments on VW Diesel Scandal Settlement
October, 2016
Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:
“CAS Staff Attorney Michael Brooks:
“It is great news that VW diesel owners can now be reimbursed, and that Volkswagen must begin to repair the environmental damage their emissions deception caused. However, automakers will not change their illegal behavior unless the government pursues significant criminal penalties against executives who take or condone such actions. We look forward to news of federal criminal charges against the VW executives who participated in this fraud on the American public.”
Safe Climate Campaign Director Dan Becker:
“The government did a good job preventing further harm from VW’s diesel fraud. Most heavily polluting diesels will be removed from the road and cannot be resold unless fixed. Other automakers must learn from this scandal that they dare not disable pollution controls, lie to the government or fleece consumers. Those lessons will be reinforced when the government brings criminal charges against VW officals who perpetrated this fraud.”” See
http://www.autosafety.org/cas-statement-on-volkswagen-15-billion-emissions-settlement/
