Acid test for VW’s reputation as US chief admits “we screwed up”. And how.
Volkswagen US CEO Michael Horn was profusely apologetic for the diesel-emissions cheating scandal and vowed to win back the trust of the US consumer.
Volkswagen US CEO Michael Horn was profusely apologetic for the diesel-emissions cheating scandal and vowed to win back the trust of the US consumer.
Volkswagen has been cheating on its US government emissions tests for years. And it was a small, independent research institution that caught VW in the act.
Volkswagen’s sold in the US were designed with sophisticated algorithms whose sole purpose was to deceive those testing the equipment.
VW could face a fine of over $18bn (R242bn) due to hundreds of thousands of its diesel cars having software that secretly thwarts US emissions tests.
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