A settlement regarding an emission cheating scandal is expected to cost Volkswagen $15 billion.
Exact terms are to be released on Tuesday in court in San Francisco.
Volkswagen is to fix or buy back polluting vehicles, paying each owner between $5,100 and $10,000. There would be $10 billion set aside for that item.
The scandal involves some 475,000 VWs with 2-liter diesel engines.
The settlement is expected to include $2.7 billion for environmental mitigation and another $2 billion for research on zero-emissions technology.