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The Volkswagen emissions scandal, sometimes known as Dieselgate [24] [25] or Emissionsgate, [26] [25] began in September 2015, when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act to German automaker Volkswagen Group. [27]
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel Sedan was awarded Green Car of the Year.The award was rescinded in early October 2015. On 18 September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said beginning in 2008 the car maker fraudulently installed engine control unit (ECU) software determined to be a "defeat device", in violation of the Clean Air Act, to circumvent environmental ...
The emissions violations include cars produced by Volkswagen's American division, where Horn is currently CEO. Horn has admitted his company "screwed up" by using the vehicle's software to reduce emissions when it detects an emission testing, but allowing the diesel engines to produce pollutants above the legal limit under normal operating ...
VW will start firing people responsible for rigging U.S. emissions tests on Friday as they try to get to grips with the biggest scandal in its 78-year history.
"The Volkswagen issue is another black eye for the diesel engine overall," Mike Jackson, the chief executive of the AutoNation , the largest U.S. car retailer, told CNBC, adding the "brand ...
Volkswagen was one of the earliest entrants into the electric vehicle industry, years before it became commonplace to own or drive them. Its efforts were on full-steam in the wake of a diesel ...
The EPA discovered this during their expanded vehicle tests following the Volkswagen case. FCA was not accused of intentionally cheating on emissions testing, though the EPA did accuse the company of failing to notify the government of the defeat device programming. The US Justice Department was assisting the EPA in their investigation ...
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