BERLIN: Volkswagen was fined one billion euros (US$1.18 billion) over diesel emissions cheating in what amounts to one of the highest ever fines imposed by German authorities against a company, public prosecutors said on Wednesday. The prosecutor's office in Braunschweig imposed the fine against VW on Wednesday for organisational deficiencies which failed to prevent "impermissible software functions" from being installed in 10.7 million cars between 2007 and 2015.
Volkswagen is fined €1 billion by German prosecutors after cheating on diesel particulate emissions testing.