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The "emission gate" incident, which once discredited Volkswagen Group, continues to ferment, with a large number of class action lawsuits from car owners coming one after another, and the price paid by Volkswagen is far from over. According to foreign media reports, nearly 100000 car owners in the UK have filed a class action against Volkswagen Group, demanding that the group be held responsible for "emissions cheating" and "misleading consumers".

The Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal was revealed in 2015, when Volkswagen admitted to controlling the software of some diesel engines to run only during regulatory tests and shut down during normal driving, thus evading emission testing. Over the past four years, Volkswagen has been involved in a number of lawsuits and executives have been charged with jailing. so far, Volkswagen has lost as much as 30 billion euros (234.8 billion yuan) due to emission gates, and related losses and compensation continue.

According to Volkswagen, about 11 million vehicles nationwide are equipped with cheating software for diesel emissions tests, including 1.2 million in the UK.

Because of the evasion of the law, Volkswagen still insists that it has not broken any law in Europe. The High Court is expected to hold a two-week hearing on the class action against tens of thousands of car owners in the UK. Volkswagen said in a statement: "Volkswagen will continue to firmly defend its position in the High Court of London. Volkswagen still believes that the owner of the claim did not suffer any losses and that the vehicles affected by the case did not use the inefficient devices prohibited by law. The hearing will not have any impact on the attribution of responsibility or loss. "

The owners of the lawsuit believe that Volkswagen not only created the biggest emissions scandal in history, but also spent millions of pounds in legal fees to evade reasonable compensation from consumers. "at present, more and more roads have begun to restrict diesel cars with excessive emissions, which will undoubtedly cause losses to the owners of emission doors."

In addition, Volkswagen has also encountered class-action lawsuits from car owners in other countries. In September 2019, a German consumer organization filed a complaint with the court asking Volkswagen to pay financial compensation. German Volkswagen Group lawyer said, "up to now, there are still thousands of customers driving Volkswagen." We believe that Volkswagen has not caused any damage, so there is no reason for this lawsuit. "

Earlier, Volkswagen Group reached a settlement agreement with Australian car owners on Volkswagen's "emission door". Volkswagen will pay compensation to each affected car owner, and the total compensation is expected to be up to 127 million Australian dollars, or about 616 million yuan. Previously, Volkswagen Group has reached billions of dollars in settlement agreements with car owners in the United States and Canada.

In the United States, Volkswagen agreed to pay $25 billion to quell complaints from car owners, environmental regulators, states and dealers, and bought back 500000 cars in the United States. But in Europe, Volkswagen provided only one software upgrade, and the company insisted it did not break the law.

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