Volkswagen Cheated. One Executive Went to Prison.

Volkswagen sold drivers a cleaner way to drive. When university researchers put that promise to the test, they found results they couldn’t explain. What followed would reach courtrooms, an airport departure gate and the top of the car industry. CHAPTERS 0:00 The clean-diesel promise 1:14 Researchers find the wrong result 2:29 Permission denied 3:31 Making the deception better 4:08 Paying to take the cars back 5:02 An arrest at the airport 5:34 The monkey experiment 6:03 Volkswagen ends up on top SOURCES ICCT: why researchers tested American diesels https://theicct.org/faq-in-use-nox-em... EPA: Volkswagen settlement and buybacks https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/volks... US Department of Justice: criminal and civil penalties https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/... Music: “Hidden Truth” by Rafael Krux. CC0/public domain, via FreePD. https://en.freepd.cn/music/horror