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Volkswagen scandal exposed how two activists largest automaker in the world.
When the transport Peter and John Mock activists German began testing emissions from cars in the US in early 2014, it was just to prove to Europe that it was possible to make clean diesel .
America had apparently cracked dirty fuel enigma, his passing cars effortlessly pollution controls that were much stricter than in the Atlantic.
So seek help from West Virginia University, Mock and German, decided to conduct a number of models 1300 miles from San Diego to Seattle to show that the emission busting technology need not impact on performance.
But when the results came back, they had no sense Despite sailing through laboratory tests, Volkswagens have been pumping dangerous levels of toxins, around 35 times the legal limit.
The pair had inadvertently stumbled upon one of the greatest scandals of the automobile in recent years.
Made in Germany is the quality and confidence now that confidence is lost.
Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer of the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Far from producing cleaner cars, Volkswagen has been systematically tests using a defeat rigging software running on fumes cleaning technology when checks were carried out.
We were stunned when we saw the figures, said German International Council based in Berlin, clean transport It was shocking We thought the vehicles would own.
We must ask the question, is what happens in other countries and this phenomenon occurs with other manufacturers.
On the way to the VW Jetta exceeded nitrogen oxide emissions up to 35 times the Passat was up to 20 times higher.
The pair contacted the California Air Resource Board and the US Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation in May 2014.
He followed Volkswagen closing months insisted repeat the tests themselves and said the figures were the result of a minor error shift software that could easily be corrected with a reminder.
It wasn t until the EPA and CARB threatened to suspend the certification for its diesel 2016 models that Volkswagen has admitted fault in early September.
CARB CEO Richard Corey said Our goal now is to ensure that the vehicles concerned are brought into line, to dig deeper into the extent and consequences of Volkswagen's efforts to cheat on the rules for clean air, and to take other appropriate measures.
Bureau CEO Martin Winterkorn said he was deeply sorry for breaking the trust of customers and the public.
Millions of people around the world trust our brands, our cars and technology, he said in a video message, I am always sorry that we disappointed that trust.
Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, was forced to resign over the scandal emissions Richard Drew AP Photo.
Initially some 482,000 cars were recalled in the United States, including the VW Golf, Beetle and Passat and the Audi A3 But on Tuesday deepening crisis over Volkswagen admitted that the suspicious software had actually been built in 11 million cars, which had been sold worldwide since 2009.
Other internal investigations have shown that the affected software is also installed in other diesel vehicles, VW said in a statement.
Showed abnormalities in about 11 million cars worldwide.
The largest automaker is now facing billions of fines in the world, a 6 5 billion Euro cleaning operation and the possibility of jail its leaders after the US Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation, but it is Europe not America where the real crisis unfolds.
The scandal has leveled a blow against German pride in both its industrial prowess and green acclaim Until last Friday the Volkswagen brand is a brand of German reliability and engineering prowess.
What started as a small company in charge of building a car for affordable people in Hitler's Germany, has come to symbolize the regeneration of post-war country.
But in less than a week, the label appears in Germany Made tarnished forever Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has the reputation of the entire automotive industry is at risk.
The shares tumbled for many German automakers like BMW which saw 5 4 per cent wiped off its market value of Daimler AG, Mercedes-Benz car manufacturer, also fell 5 percent 6.
Merkel appealed to the full disclosure of Volkswagen.
Made in Germany is the quality and confidence now that confidence is lost, said Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer of the University of Duisburg-Essen.
No one could imagine the magnitude of this situation and the damage it will cause to the German industry will continue and here is just the tip of the iceberg.
Germany has launched a widespread investigation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for full transparency of Volkswagen.
The German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said he was setting up a commission to determine if VW diesel vehicles have been built and tested in a way that complies with German and European rules.
In Britain, the number of diesel cars has risen from 1 million from 6 million to 12 million since 1994 may now need to return their cars if they are equipped with illegal software.
But the company City Bernstein predicted that the crisis could end the era of diesel altogether.
Analyst Max Warburton said the move against VW will act as a catalyst to accelerate the decline in diesel market share in Europe and stop the United States.
In fact, regulators are now much more careful about what they allow and much more severe real tests may be too difficult or too expensive for diesel to meet.
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