VW says diesel scandal cleanup to cost $2.3 billion in 2019, report says VW says diesel scandal cleanup to cost $2.3 billion in 2019, report says December 22, 2018 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment VW’s ongoing cleanup of its diesel cheating scandal will cost it around 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) in 2019, the automaker’s CFO told a German news organization.