Article 37AWE One in three cars in VW emissions scandal yet to be fixed, figures show

One in three cars in VW emissions scandal yet to be fixed, figures show

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Mattha Busby
from Environment | The Guardian on (#37AWE)

Monthly rate of fixes of vehicles with defeat devices has fallen to 2% from a previous high of 10% earlier in the year

A third of cars manufactured by Volkswagen with devices to cheat emissions tests remain unfixed, two years after the scandal erupted.

In what was coined the "diesel dupe", VW equipped their vehicles with defeat devices designed to realise when they were being tested so they could appear to be much less polluting than in reality.

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