Volkswagen fines $ 65.5 million for "dieselgate" in Brazil | Auto Sports

The builder has not paid anything yet. The company has appealed the first two decisions, still determined in 2015, and no final decision has yet been taken on these cases.

At the time, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) fined 50 million rand to the company. and Procon-SP, at R $ 8.3 million.

Wanted by G1 Tuesday (5), Ibama and Procon both say that these processes are in the second instance and that there is still no definition.

In 2015, after the complaint, the manufacturer admitted to having installed software to manage emissions data in diesel engines of 11 million vehicles worldwide. In Brazil, 17,000 units of the Amarok van (all in 2011 and part of 2012) received the program.

Volkswagen claims that the software was not active in the country. In 2017, Ibama challenged the information and maintained the amount of fine applied in 2015, in addition to strengthening the obligation for the manufacturer to conduct a recall in order to remove the device .

On the basis of this badessment, the Department of Consumer Protection (DPDC), attached to the Ministry of Justice, invoked the third fine imposed on the car manufacturer in the case, thus completing an action in justice almost three years ago.

The G1 Volkswagen stated to have been "informed by the Official Journal of the Union" of the new fine and "to be contacted by the DPDC to understand the reasons for its decision". that "the cars concerned comply with the Brazilian legislation even before the software is removed from these cars".

The recall, originally promised for 2016, did not begin until the following year

The expenditure of Volkswagen's diesel portal has already been exceeded On the 30 billion US dollars only 39 In North America, fines, allowances and surrenders of vehicles for injured customers have been added.

The builder is still facing lawsuits in Europe and Asia, as well as in Brazil.