Volkswagen (VW) has taken parking lots to a whole new level in the US — and will not be emptying them soon. VW has paid more than $7.4bn to buy back about 350,000 US diesel vehicles through mid-February, a recent court filing shows. The German car maker has been storing hundreds of thousands of vehicles around the US for months. Volkswagen has 37 secure storage facilities around the US housing nearly 300,000 vehicles, the filing from the programme’s independent administrator said. The lots include a shuttered suburban Detroit football stadium, a former Minnesota paper mill and a sun-bleached desert graveyard near Victorville, California. VW spokesperson Jeannine Ginivan said in a statement on Wednesday that the storage facility in California was one of many "to ensure the responsible storage of vehicles that are bought back under the terms of the VW" diesel settlements. "These vehicles are being stored on an interim basis and routinely maintained in a manner to ensure their long-ter...
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