VW 'close to agreement with US regulators' over emissions scandal

Vehicle manufacturer negotiating how to recall half a million diesel cars in US after episode which 'disappointed the American people', top executive says

A senior Volkswagen executive has apologised to German consumers and said that the German car maker is close to reaching an agreement with US regulators on how it will recall some half a million cars that have illegally exceeded emissions targets for years.

Dr Herbert Diess, Volkswagen's chief executive of passenger vehicles, told a packed audience at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the company was "focused on ensuring something like this can never happen again".