The company has apologized and announced that it would set aside $7.3 billion to cover the costs, but even that might not be enough for the use of illegal tricks to defeat emissions tests where fines could total up to $18 billion. The scandal cost the job of the chief executive, as well as stock prices to plummet.
Hopefully Volkswagen intends to take full responsibility and cooperate. Questions like "Who knew about the deception, when did they know it and who directed it?" are still to be answered, yes, but once there's that it mustn't stop at fines, those who are responsible must also be held personally accountable unlike the Toyota and General Motors case where car safety problems were met with only fines, leaving victim's families with outrage.
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