UK plans unlimited fines for car makers cheating diesel pollution tests

Car manufacturers which try to cheat emissions rules could face unlimited fines under a new crackdown proposed by the British Government.

UK plans unlimited fines for car makers cheating diesel pollution tests

Car manufacturers which try to cheat emissions rules could face unlimited fines under a new crackdown proposed by the British Government.

The planned penalties come after the Volkswagen emissions scandal, when the German motor giant was found to be using so-called "defeat devices" to ensure its diesel cars passed laboratory tests of polluting emissions.

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