The VW cheating scam is getting bigger and bigger with every day passing. The Australian’s authorities have reacted furiously by saying, VW needs to pay billions of dollars for its environment cheating device installed in its Volkswagen diesel engines.
The Australia’s motor vehicle regulations announced that VW could be fined $108,000 for each single car with a cheating device on Australian roads. They say we will not tolerate false claims and dodgy paperwork of VW.
According to Motor Vehicles Regulations Authority, there are about 70,000 diesel engine vehicles on Australian roads which were sold by VW during the period of 2009 to 2015, most of these include Audi and Skoda. It is the biggest shock for the VW as Australians authorities are preparing a fine bill of billions.
The department of Infrastructure and Regional Development is responsible for new vehicle approval and regulations in Australia, according to the Motor Vehicles Standards Act 1989, there are a number of provisions related to the offence and penalties on the vehicles that don’t fit with the Australian Design Rules. The Court imposed penalties are even tougher. The officials say the fine could get to $108,000 per offence (per car).
The department is watching all the investigations by VW and Audi and they want to ensure that accurate details are given to the consumers. The meeting between high officials of both the sides is expected today. The Australian Government is taking it seriously in spite of the fact that environment standards in Australia are weaker than Europe.
It is important to note that Australia is a first country that officially warned the motor vehicle giant VW on its pollution cheating scam. So it wouldn’t be surprising if VW gets the fine bill of “billions of dollars” by Australia. The critics argue the other countries could follow the same pattern.
However, VW yet not confirmed that how many vehicles with the cheating device have been sold to Australia. The VW has given a number of 11 million diesel vehicle with the cheating device in the entire world including 5.5 million VWs, and 2.1 million Audi cars but the company haven’t provided country wise details of affected diesel vehicles.
