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The Wall Street Journal: U.S. investigation into Volkswagen cheating allegations widens
2015-10-16 15:08:08| Automakers - Topix.net
The U.S. attorney's office in Detroit and the Justice Department's Fraud Section joined a sweeping federal probe of Volkswagen AG over emissions-test cheating, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling the government's intent to cast a broad net and explore numerous paths to a possible criminal case. case suggests an investigation could target the German auto maker and its employees for alleged offenses ranging from pollution to misleading government officials to claims made to consumers.
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Auto experts: Top managers probably knew of VW cheating
2015-10-08 00:15:45| Automakers - Topix.net
Auto industry insiders strongly suspect the emissions cheating scandal at Volkswagen is much wider and reaches higher up the corporate ladder than the company is letting on. Volkswagen's new CEO, Matthias Mueller, was quoted Wednesday as telling a German newspaper that the investigation so far has found that a few software developers tampered with the pollution controls on some of VW's diesel engines.
Samsung Denies Cheating on TV Energy Efficiency Tests
2015-10-01 23:02:52| PC Magazine HDTVs Product Guide
An independent research group accused Samsung of gaming European TV energy efficiency tests.
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The widening gyre: Audi, Skoda admit 3.3 million vehicles use cheating software
2015-09-29 13:30:37| Extremetech
The hits keep on coming. Audi and Skoda have both announced an estimated 3.3 million of their vehicles use defeat devices to bypass clean air regulations.
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EPA has a new plan to prevent cheating on auto emissions tests
2015-09-26 20:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Days after Volkswagen admitted that half a million cars it sold in the U.S. contained software enabling them to evade clean air laws, top Environmental Protection Agency officials said they are planning to toughen emissions testing for all automakers. The EPA now plans to examine vehicles for so-called defeat devices. In a letter released Friday morning, the EPA said that federal regulations allow the agency to "test or require testing on any vehicle at a designated location, using driving cycles...
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