BRUNSWICK, Germany: The first major German court case against Volkswagen over the "dieselgate" scandal that has shaken up the car industry opened Monday, as investors pursue the world's largest automaker for billions in compensation. The hearing was packed with around 50 lawyers from VW and its shareholders and dozens of plaintiffs and curious locals. The shareholders' "model case" against VW is supposed to clear up 193 questions common to some 3,650 claims totalling around 9.0 billion euros. So far, dieselgate has cost VW more than 27 billion euros in fines, vehicle buybacks and recalls and legal costs, mostly in the US. But the "dieselgate" scandal has revealed the flipside of the technology: nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions that can be harmful to health.

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2018 16:41 UTC