VW Diesel Cheating An ‘Open Secret’ In Engine Group: Report

A German newspaper has reported that the use of “defeat device” software to cheat on U.S. emissions laws was widespread knowledge within the diesel-engine group at Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. And, it said, one whistleblower involved in the deception had alerted a senior manager outside the department as far back as 2011. That… …read more