"Volkswagen agreed to pay out $10.2 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by the federal government for cheating on emissions tests. The settlement will compensate owners of 482,000 vehicles with two-liter diesel engines that were programmed to turn off emissions measurement data outside of laboratory settings. The automaker will pay owners between $1,000 and $7,000 per vehicle and promised to fix the cars free of charge. (Jacob Bogage)"
How are they spending so much, or why are owners getting so little, if there is 10 billion to be paid out and half a million cars?
From those numbers, I get 20 billion to 1 million meaning 20,000 average payment. Do they expect 70 or 85% administrative costs? Or are they only going to pay out 2 or 3 billion and then say they are done? Or are they going to pay many of themselves 100's of millions each in bonuses because they suffer stress when they are sued?