Article discussing the VW diesel scandal

This very long article discusses the Volkswagen diesel scandal in great detail.

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-vw-paid-25-billion-for-dieselgate-and-got-off-easy

I read the book amazing....

Great article. Glad they are starting to get to the top of the chain of command.

Thanks for sharing. It will be interesting to see if any of the VWAG top brass ever see bars.

VAG's goal to conquer the automotive world seems to be a huge factor in this. A fine goal but the hubris for some was on a Macbethian scale with Macbethian results. Still love my car.

At the time they made the announcement about wanting to be number one, they were not that far behind. I said at the time and still think that their better move would have been to offer a smaller more affordable car for North America. The Polo or Up would have fit that niche. If it would have had a diesel, it could have rivaled most hybrids for mileage. Of course that would just add another mess of cars to dieselgate.

In addition to weak consumer-protection laws, the article fails to mention the other major reason VW escaped significant financial penalties from selling 8 million "cheating" diesels in Europe: besides Germany, VW and its subsidiaries have factories in Belgium, Czechia, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, and the UK. Some of those factories support entire cities. Any cost to VW on par with the $25B for a half-million diesels sold in the US could have resulted in many of those factories closing. There was little political will to prosecute VW to the maximum extent possible, even under European law.

I still like the "VW ethics and Mettle fatigue" paper written up. Great article how the culture can corrupt and applies to many many many different fields, such as the one that i receive a paycheck from.

I found a link a while back all seem to be pay for viewing now.