Volkswagen responds poorly to ‘dieselgate’ fiasco

By: Seth Culp-Ressler | Features Editor  For a company that launched an ad campaign last week all about “keeping your promises,” Volkswagen is doing an impressively bad job at deserving any trust itself. It’s been almost five months since the first allegations of emissions cheating were brought against German automaker Volkswagen. Five months for the global community to realize, react and retaliate. And, most importantly, … Continue reading Volkswagen responds poorly to ‘dieselgate’ fiasco

Volkswagen scandal to test new white-collar policies

By Duke Staff Last Friday, the EPA announced that automaker behemoth Volkswagen has been deliberately, and illegally, cheating its way through the emissions tests of VW and Audi cars equipped with the company’s 2-liter diesel engine. As The New York Times reported, the offending vehicles were able to recognize when testing was underway and employed software to alter how the engine ran, in turn producing … Continue reading Volkswagen scandal to test new white-collar policies