The EPA claimed that certain VW and Audi vehicles used software that met clean diesel emissions standards when hooked up to testing equipment but then switched to a dirtier mode when disconnected. In reality, this caused the TDIs to spew up to 40 times more tailpipe emissions when driven in the real world.In a recent report, we came to know Volkswagen Group has paid out over $9.5 billion since 2016 in settlement funds to drivers of affected vehicles, which includes: 2009-2015 model year Volkswagen Jetta, Beetle and Golf, the 2014-2015 VW Passat, and 2009-2015 Audi A3, totaling roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars.