VW Test Rigging Follows Long Auto Industry Pattern; UK, France, Germany Lobbied for Flawed Emissions Tests

(Before It's News)

Volkswagen test rigging follows a long auto industry pattern. The automobile industry, Volkswagen included, has a well-known record of sidestepping regulation and even duping regulators.

UK, France and Germany lobbied for flawed car emissions tests, documents reveal. Exclusive: Countries publicly calling for investigations into VW emissions rigging scandal have privately fought to keep loopholes in car tests for carbon emissions.

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