German car manufacturer Volkswagen found themselves at the
centre of a scandal this week, when it was revealed that they had cheated
emissions tests through the use of a defeat device to get their diesel cars on
the road in the United States; the real results show that the cars were
emitting nitrogen oxide pollutants up to forty times above what is legally
allowed there. The truth came to light following an investigation by the Environmental
Protection Agency. At the time of writing this report only cars in the United States are being recalled, however news
broke yesterday that it’s quite likely up to 1.5 million cars could be recalled
or modified in the United
Kingdom as well. Indeed, government
ministers in the UK
are now facing questions over just how much they knew about the details
currently making headlines, as it came to light that the Department for
Transport received a 60-page report last October which presented strong
evidence that Diesel cars on the road were producing far more harmful gas than
tests had suggested. After VW’s value decreased by 23 billion euros at the
beginning of the week, share prices have since begun to recover no doubt as a
result of several high-ranking executives losing their positions in the
company, and the appointment of a new
chief executive in the form of Matthias Mueller who had previously been the CEO
of Porsche. About eleven million cars and trucks were cheated through emissions
tests in total.
This was a brief summary of the week's events surrounding the VW scandal. It was taken from TEN: Politics YouTube show, the Week in Review.
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