The scandal of “dieselgate” in Germany, it rocked the auto industry in 2015 and now Audi ex-boss Rupert Stadler has become the first top executive to be tried for this.
What is the dieselgate problem?
In September 2015, it came to light that Volkswagen (VW) had illegally installed software to alter the results of technical pollutant emissions controls on 11 million cars with diesel engines, sold between 2009 and 2015. With this fraud, their engines had far exceeded the standards of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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