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The scandal began with reports in September 2015, and through March 2021 had cause the manufacturer an estimated €32.2 billion (roughly $37 billion) in fines, recalls, compensation and legal expenses.<ref>https://fortune.com/2021/07/23/dieselgate-lawsuit-volkswagen-warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-diesel-emissions/</ref>  

The scandal began with reports in September 2015, and through March 2021 had cause the manufacturer an estimated €32.2 billion (roughly $37 billion) in fines, recalls, compensation and legal expenses.<ref>https://fortune.com/2021/07/23/dieselgate-lawsuit-volkswagen-warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-diesel-emissions/</ref>  

Volkswagen car market share in the [[United States]] is approximately 5%.

{{cquote|As part of that $14.7 billion agreement, Volkswagen agreed to spend an estimated $10 billion to compensate consumers and buy back or modify hundreds of thousands of its polluting cars, pay $2.7 billion into a trust fund for environmental mitigation projects, and spend $2 billion over 10 years on zero-emission technology.  Of the $4.7 billion in mitigation funding and investments, $1.18 billion will come to California ($800 million in zero-emissions technology investments and $380 million for environmental mitigation projects in the state).<ref>https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-announces-volkswagen-will-pay-additional-86</ref>}}

 

Volkswagen's car market share in the [[United States]] is approximately 5%.

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