Five years after the massive Dieselgate scandal made global headlines, a German court is now ready to wrap up the case against Volkswagen, ordering the automaker to pay out as much as €750,000,000 in damages. A German court has ruled that Volkswagen must buy back vehicles from owners of its diesel cars and trucks that were equipped with software that deceived emissions testing. The buyback, however, comes with one condition. Customers must accept the current worth of the cars and trucks based on the mileage they drove, not the original purchase price of the vehicles. The judgement will force the company to re-purchase over 60,000 vehicles, totaling more than 750 million euros. “For the majority of the 60,000 pending cases, this ruling provides clarity,” the company said in a statement . “Volkswagen is now seeking to bring these proceedings to a prompt conclusion in agreement with the plaintiffs.” In […]