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The Volkswagen emissions fraud scandal escalated, and Canada imposed the biggest fine in its history. Canadian prosecutors have approved a fine of 196.5 million Canadian dollars (US $150 million, or 1.034 billion yuan) on Volkswagen after the company pleaded guilty to dozens of charges of violating diesel vehicle emissions regulations, Reuters reported.

As early as the outbreak of the Volkswagen "diesel emission door" scandal in the United States at the end of 2015, the Canadian Environment and Climate change Commission (ECCC) conducted an investigation into Volkswagen's imported models. In December 2019, the Commission formally accused Volkswagen of importing 128000 vehicles that did not meet emission standards, violating 60 environmental protection laws and providing misleading information.

"this fine decision is in the public interest," Canadian prosecutors said in a statement. It reflects the seriousness of the act and conforms to the sentencing principles of Canada. This is an unprecedented fine in Canada and 26 times the highest federal environmental fine ever. "

As a result, the penalty imposed on the public by Canada is also the largest fine for environmental problems in Canadian history.

"the resolution recognizes that Volkswagen has taken a wide range of measures to correct Canada's problems and strengthen its global compliance policy," Volkswagen said in a statement. The money from the fine will be used to support environmental protection projects in Canadian provinces. "

Although four years have passed since the emissions fraud scandal, various countries are still investigating the deceptive behavior of the public and asking the public to pay compensation to address the impact of emission pollution on the public and the environment.

In the past year, a number of countries have punished the public. Poland imposed a fine of 120.6 million zlotys (RMB 219 million) on Volkswagen, the highest ever imposed by a Polish consumer watchdog; Australia demanded compensation of A $127 million (RMB 606 million) from Volkswagen; recently, nearly 100000 car owners in the UK have filed a class action against Volkswagen Group, demanding that Volkswagen take responsibility for "emissions cheating" and "misleading consumers". In Germany, Volkswagen has also been sued by tens of thousands of German consumers, and a German consumer organization filed a complaint with the court for financial compensation on their behalf.

The Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal came to light in 2015, when Volkswagen admitted to controlling the software of some diesel engines to run only during regulatory testing and shutting down during normal driving, thus avoiding emissions testing. At that time, about 11 million vehicles around the world were affected.

So far, Volkswagen has paid up to 30 billion euros (234 billion yuan) in fines, vehicle modifications, laws and other fees for the "emission gate".

Mass emissions continue to ferment, for the public will be a very long-lasting "nightmare", but also let the public pay a heavy price.

According to official sales figures released by Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Group's global sales reached 10.9746 million vehicles in 2019, an increase of 1.3% over the same period last year, and is expected to overtake Toyota and win the top spot in global sales for four consecutive years. In the Chinese market, Volkswagen Group's overall sales reached 4.2336 million vehicles, a slight increase of 0.6% over the same period last year, accounting for 93.5% of Volkswagen Group's Asia-Pacific market sales and 38.6% of Volkswagen Group's global sales.

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