EST. MMXXVI · A PUBLIC RECORD
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CR-03015.07.MMXXVI

The engine software I worked on could tell when it was being tested. On the dynamometer: clean. On the road: up to forty times the legal limit of pollution, into everyone's lungs. We shipped it in eleven million vehicles and marketed the result as clean driving.

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Source US EPA — notice of violation of the Clean Air Act issued to Volkswagen over defeat-device software (2015)

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Defeat devicesGreenwashingSafety neglect

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