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Volkswagen’s Electric Shock
VW hasn’t yet proven it has what it takes to defeat Tesla
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It's an odd state of affairs when a company could be better off by simply paying a massive fine. But that's the situation Volkswagen may find itself in.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may force the company to build electric cars in the U.S. and fund a network of electric charging points as part of its settlement over dieselgate, German newspaper Welt-am-Sonntag reported. On top of paying fines, the EPA appears to want VW to do something positive for the environment to atone for the cheating.