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Volkswagen's emissions cheat to cause 60 premature deaths in US

2015-10-30 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Volkswagen's use of software to evade emissions standards in more than 482,000 diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. will directly contribute to 60 premature deaths across the country, a new MIT-led study finds. In September, the Environmental Protection Agency discovered that the German automaker had developed and installed "defeat devices" (actually software) in light-duty diesel vehicles sold between 2008 and 2015. This software was designed to sense when a car was undergoing an emissions test, and...

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