After it had already paid out hefty fines for rigging its cars to cheat on federal emissions tests,  Volkswagen said in court papers it will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court the Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling last month allowing the state to sue for hundreds of billions of dollars more over the same claim. The news comes after European regulators fined German automakers Volkswagen and BMW a total of 875 million euros, or US$1 billion, for colluding to prevent the use of emissions-reducing technology they pioneered. Volkswagen will pay 502 million euros; BMW, 373 million euros. “This is a first,” European Union executive vice president and competition policy chief Margrethe Vestager told reporters. “We have never had a cartel whose purpose was to restrict the use of novel technology.” In the United States, Volkswagen has already paid out more than $33 billion in fines and settlements after it was found …