Volkswagen emissions scandal
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title:
Volkswagen emissions scandal
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The Volkswagen emissions scandal, sometimes known as Dieselgate or Emissionsgate, began in September 2015, when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act to German automaker Volkswagen Group. The agency had found that Volkswagen had intentionally programmed turbocharged direct injection (TDI) diesel engines to activate their emissions controls only during laboratory emissions testing, which caused the vehicles' NOx output to meet US
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2010s diesel emissions scandal involving Volkswagen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
date created:
2015-09-22T03:00:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T03:36:20Z
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