The Car Scandal That Cost Volkswagen Over $30 Billion - Dieselgate Explained

Dieselgate explained: how Volkswagen's 'clean diesel' TDI cars used software that recognized emissions tests and ran cleaner only in the lab, how a small on-road study by West Virginia University for the International Council on Clean Transportation found far higher nitrogen oxide emissions on real roads, the EPA's notice of violation in September 2015, the roughly 11 million cars worldwide with the software, the resignation of CEO Martin Winterkorn, the buybacks and the giant lots of stored cars, the $14.7 billion U.S. settlement that created Electrify America, the $4.3 billion criminal and civil penalties, the executives prosecuted, the total cost above $30 billion, and how the scandal pushed Volkswagen toward electric cars. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:17 Clean diesel 2:40 The cheat 3:44 How they got caught 5:00 The explosion 5:48 The owners 7:11 Unexpected legacy 7:51 Prosecutions 8:37 The bill 9:07 The fallout 10:26 Buying used 11:12 The lesson 11:26 Recap Sources: U.S. EPA notice of violation to Volkswagen (September 18, 2015) West Virginia University / International Council on Clean Transportation in-use emissions study (2014) U.S. Department of Justice and EPA settlements with Volkswagen (2016-2017) and plea agreement Volkswagen Group annual reports (cumulative diesel costs) Image credits (resized and cropped for video): 160 public-domain / CC0 images (no attribution required). Additional footage: Pixabay (pixabay.com), Pixabay Content License. Additional photos: Pixabay (pixabay.com), Pixabay Content License. --- Voiceover is produced with AI text-to-speech. Images are licensed (public domain or Creative Commons) and credited in each video description. Sources are listed above for every number in the video. #cars #automotive #MitchTannerCar