Carmakers owe compensation for emissions cheating devices, German court rules | Business

A German court has ruled that carmakers must pay compensation for diesel vehicles fitted with illegal emissions controlling devices.Carmakers must pay compensation for diesel vehicles fitted with illegal emissions controlling devices, Germany's highest federal court ruled on Monday, in a case that could potentially cost Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and others millions of euros.

The judge overturned previous dismissals by courts of such claims and referred them back to courts of appeal. It was up to carmakers to prove that their so-called defeat devices were functional and not illegal, she said.

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