"The operating result for the Volkswagen group before special items is significantly higher than market expectations for the first half of 2016," VW said in a statement, sending its shares zooming ahead by more than seven per cent on the Frankfurt stock exchange.
For the first six months, group operating profit before special items stood at 7.5 billion euros, the statement said.
That meant that operating result after special items amounted to 5.3 billion euros for the period from January to June, the carmaker said.
According to the group's half-year report for 2015, the corresponding year-earlier figure stood at 6.82 billion euros.
VW had already set aside 16.2 billion euros in provisions last year to cover the costs of the scandal, pushing it into its first year-end loss in more than 20 years.
The announcement of the additional 2.2-billion-euro charge comes just a day after New York and Massachusetts filed lawsuits suggesting that VW senior executives were aware early on of efforts to hide high emissions levels in the company's diesel cars.
Last month, VW agreed to a record USD 14.7-billion payout to settle civil claims in the United States, but it is still a long way from drawing a line under the scandal.
Yesterday, the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts claimed that VW's inability to comply with US emissions standards had allegedly "reached the attention" of Matthias Mueller, the current Volkswagen CEO, and his predecessor Martin Winterkorn as early as July 2006.
In a slew of other lawsuits worldwide, Spain recently charged VW with fraud and damage to the environment.
And the group, once a flagship of German industry, is also facing regulatory probes and lawsuits filed by car owners who feel they have been duped and investors who are seeking compensation for the massive drop in the value of their shares.
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