Volkswagen ordered to recall 500,000 cars after software masks emissions

‘Volkswagen has been ordered to recall almost 500,000 diesel cars by the United States government after it emerged that it had used computer software to cheat clean-air laws.

The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the German car-maker for intentionally using the sophisticated computer program to circumvent nitrogen oxide emissions rules for its diesel cars – making them appear up to 40 times cleaner in tests.

The agency slammed the use of the so-called “defeat device” as “illegal and a threat to public health”. It has told the company to fix the cars at its own expense and could impose at least $18 billion in fines, with exact amounts to be determined.’

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