It is understood Volkswagen has agreed to fork out more than a billion euros, to compensate its 650 dealers in the US for losses from the diesel emissions scandal. <br /><br /> The German automaker and a lawyer for the dealers announced a tentative settlement at a San Francisco court hearing, but didn’t disclose the amount. <br /><br /> The settlement came as a judge ordered Volkswagen to move quickly to decide whether to repair or buy back 85-thousand, three litre luxury vehicles with polluting engines. <br /><br /> VW’s admitted it installed improper software that deactivated pollution controls on more than 11 million diesel vehicles sold worldwide.<br /><br /> And it’s not out of the woods yet. It still faces billions of euros in potential civil and criminal US fines for violating emissions laws.<br />
