VW’s large-scale deception fits a sample of carmakers cynically exploiting lax emissions testsThe biggest carmaker is imploding. Its chief executive has gone. The lawyers are gathering, the share price has plunged and nowadays ministers announced their own inquiry into car emissions and testing. The scale of Volkswagen’s deception of the public is huge. They rigged 11m cars which together may enjoy emitted up to an extra 1m tonnes of a toxic gas that kills more than 23000 people in Britain alone eachyear. Related: The Volkswagen emissions scandal explained Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com