Did Herbert Diess lie? This question is raised quite clearly in a recent article in Focus Online Volkswagen AG had always claimed that in the EA288 engines and their software control is above board. With an unprecedented Google campaign, the company is trying to prevent victims from suing over their EA288 vehicles.
VW increasingly under pressure
In fact, the public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig seems to have a different opinion than Mr Diess. A fine notice of EUR 1 billion, which has been received by the editors of Focus Online and which was accepted and paid by Volkswagen AG, does not only apply to the known EA189 vehicles from Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda with up to 2.0 l displacement but also on the successor engine EA 288 Gen 3, which was installed in vehicles from the same manufacturers. Volkswagen had always stressed that the sanctions only affected the US market. However, the text passages published by Focus Online prove the opposite.
This means that the ad hoc announcement by Volkswagen AG, which stated that no other vehicle types had been manipulated, is also incorrect. This could have enormous consequences, as quite a few courts believe that the ad hoc announcement led to the immorality being eliminated. However, if the announcement was again a deception, this argument will not hold up.
In addition, thousands of judgments would be objectively wrong and the question arises whether one would not have to assume further immoral damage and procedural fraud if the manipulation of the EA288 Gen 3 turned out to be true.
Prospects for success in the “diesel scandal 2.0” are steadily increasing
It remains exciting in this economic crime. However, due to the published findings of the Braunschweig public prosecutor's office, the chances of EA288 buyers to get compensation for their losses have, in our opinion, improved massively. compensated Further information on the subject as well as a non-exhaustive overview of judgments can be found on our website at https://ru.law/expertise/abgasskandal/ea288/.
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