First Volkswagen engineer pleads guilty to diesel emission fraud

2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI

Almost a year after news of Volkswagen’s emissions cheating broke, an engineer pleaded guilty to charges related to the diesel scandal. This is the first time a VW employee has been charged by the U.S. Justice Department in the agency’s inquiry into the carmaker’s use of illegal “defeat device” software to cheat on emissions tests. The engineer… …read more