The Justice Department filed a civil complaint against Volkswagen in federal court in Detroit charging that the German automaker violated the Clean Air Act as almost 600,000 of its vehicles contained “defeat devices” allowing them to skirt U.S. air regulations.
The lawsuit is the latest hit for Volkswagen after months of bad news following the Environmental Protection Agency’s September announcement that the German automaker had been caught cheating emissions tests.
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