Reuters, Frankfurt :
Volkswagen will not be excluded from public sector contracts in the United States following its emissions scandal but will install a second US monitor at its German headquarters, a spokesman for the carmaker said on Monday.
The conditions are part of the latest agreement reached between the German carmaker and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about Volkswagen’s business in the United States after the company in 2015 admitted using illegal software to cheat US pollution tests.
The scandal, which became known as Dieselgate, triggered a global backlash against diesel vehicles that has so far cost Volkswagen 30 billion euros ($33 billion) in fines, penalties and buyback costs.
German business daily Handelsblatt was first to report VW’s latest agreement with the EPA on Monday.
Volkswagen said the agreement entails the prequalification of VW for public sector contracts, in exchange for installing a new monitor for up to three years in a process due to begin this autumn.
“This deal recognizes the comprehensive measures that our company has been taking since 2015 to strengthen our compliance and risk management. It allows our subsidiaries to continue to do business with U.S. authorities,” Volkswagen said in an internal statement to managers, made available to Reuters.
Volkswagen will not be excluded from public sector contracts in the United States following its emissions scandal but will install a second US monitor at its German headquarters, a spokesman for the carmaker said on Monday.
The conditions are part of the latest agreement reached between the German carmaker and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about Volkswagen’s business in the United States after the company in 2015 admitted using illegal software to cheat US pollution tests.
The scandal, which became known as Dieselgate, triggered a global backlash against diesel vehicles that has so far cost Volkswagen 30 billion euros ($33 billion) in fines, penalties and buyback costs.
German business daily Handelsblatt was first to report VW’s latest agreement with the EPA on Monday.
Volkswagen said the agreement entails the prequalification of VW for public sector contracts, in exchange for installing a new monitor for up to three years in a process due to begin this autumn.
“This deal recognizes the comprehensive measures that our company has been taking since 2015 to strengthen our compliance and risk management. It allows our subsidiaries to continue to do business with U.S. authorities,” Volkswagen said in an internal statement to managers, made available to Reuters.
