Volkswagen Used Illegal Software to Cheat Emissions Tests: EPA

Volkswagen Used Illegal Software to Cheat Emissions Tests: EPAVolkswagen may be forced to recall almost 500,000 diesel passenger cars after an investigation revealed illegal software was allowing the vehicles to pass government emissions standards. A software algorithm, known as a defeat device, used on roughly 482,000 Volkswagen vehicles with four-cylinder diesel engines is able to detect when the car is undergoing official emissions… more