The Dieselgate scandal cost Volkswagen more than 32 billion euros.
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- Omissions
- The most recent comprehensive total published directly by Volkswagen is 31.3 billion euros, reported by Reuters on 17 March 2020 — more than six years before the claim was made on 18 June 2026. No updated comprehensive total has been published by Volkswagen or an equivalent authoritative source since then.
- The claim is a lower bound ('more than 32 billion euros'). The 2020 figure of 31.3 billion euros is below this threshold; confirming the claim requires assuming that additional costs between 2020 and 2026 bridged the gap of at least 700 million euros. Documented post-2020 settlements (UK 2022: ~€225M; Italy 2024: ~€55M) account for only a portion of that gap, leaving the remainder dependent on unverified ongoing legal costs, administrative expenses, and smaller settlements.
- The MEP did not cite any source for the figure, making independent verification dependent on incomplete public data.
- Sources
- SecondaryReutersVolkswagen said its diesel cheating scandal has cost it 31.3 billion euros ($34.69 bln) in fines and settlements, and the German carmaker expects cash outflows to continue until 2021.
- SecondaryBBC NewsVolkswagen is to pay £193m to more than 90,000 drivers in England and Wales after it settled a High Court claim over the installation of emissions cheating devices.
- SecondaryReutersVolkswagen reaches $54 million 'dieselgate' settlement with Italian owners. Over 60,000 car owners affected by the emissions fraud will be paid up to 1,100 euros each.