Texas Attorney General sues Volkswagen in Travis County
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and Audi of America LLC over violations of state consumer protection laws and Texas clean air standards.
The suits, filed in state district court in Travis County, where Volkswagen and Audi have at least three authorized dealerships, claim the companies misled Texas consumers by marketing and selling diesel vehicles as “clean” while knowing they were designed to meet emission standards only when being tested; outside of the testing station they would emit up to 40 times the allowable standard for certain pollutants.
“For years, Volkswagen intentionally mislead consumers about the environmental and performance qualities of the vehicles they sold in Texas,” Paxton said in a news release. “When companies willfully violate the public’s trust, a penalty must be paid, and we will hold these entities responsible.”
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Volkswagen vehicles’ emissions would run up to 40 times higher than the amount shown during the emissions standards testing. Texas consumers have purchased approximately 32,000 vehicles designed to sidestep federal emissions testing, according to the Attorney General’s office.
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/texas-attorney-general-sues-volkswagen-in-travis-c/nnyK3/
[font color=330099]Well isn't this a novelty? A Republican that cares about clean air standards. 
I guess that Volkswagen isn't kicking any money into the campaigns or any other GOP state officials. [/font] 
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