Meanings of legally allowable in English

The vehicles had emitted up to 40 times the legally allowable pollutants.

That allowed vehicles up to 9 times legally allowable pollution levels.

In reality, the vehicles emitted up to 40 times the legally allowable pollution levels.

In September, VW first acknowledged installing software that allowed diesel vehicles to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution.

In September, VW admitted to secretly installing software that allowed its vehicles to emit up to 40 times legally allowable limits.

Unreported auxiliary vehicle software allowed those vehicles to emit up to nine times legally allowable pollution levels, the EPA said in November.

VW admitted in September that it installed secret software that allowed U.S. vehicles to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution.

The cheating allowed VW's U.S. vehicles sold since 2009 to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution levels.

VW has admitted to using software to allow 580,000 vehicles to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution.

The software enabled it to beat emissions tests over a six-year period and emit up to 40 times the legally allowable level of pollution.

Those "defeat devices" allowed its 2.0 liter cars to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution.

The cheating allowed nearly 580,0000 VW's U.S. diesel vehicles sold since 2009 to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution levels.

VW has admitted to using undeclared software that allowed 580,000 diesel vehicles built since 2009 to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution.

Volkswagen agreed to spend up to $10.033 billion on the buyback for 2.0 liter vehicles that emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution.