The Volkswagen scandal has been all over the news the past
several days (TIME,
CNN,
Economist).
In summary, Volkswagen committed a massive fraud by installing a chip in at
least 11 million of their diesel cars that slowed down emissions only when the
car was plugged in to the emissions machine. Then as soon as the test was
finished and the car was unplugged, the car emitted anywhere from 10 to 40
times the amount of nitrogen oxides than what the test results showed. The
amounts emitted normally by the car far exceed environmental regulations in the
United States. (For more information on the story, see the video below.)
