Lawsuit seeks Volkswagen buyback of emissions-cheating diesels in California
LA TIMES
10/12/2015
[…] But when the vehicles are driven on the road they emit up to 40 times the limit for smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution. […] The company’s chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, resigned a few days later in the wake of the scandal, and the company has already set aside more than $7 billion to pay fines, fix the cars and deal with hundreds of consumer lawsuits. […]