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VW Will Pay More Than $2 Billion To Fix Or Buy Back Polluting "Clean Diesel" Vehicles

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Volkswagen will spend more than $2 billion in California, under a settlement for selling cars that evade federal and state emissions tests.  Capital Public Radio Ben Bradford reports on the California portion of the deal announced yesterday (Tuesday).

Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.
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