From the course: Balanced Scorecard and Key Performance Indicators
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Case study: Volkswagen and emissions tests
From the course: Balanced Scorecard and Key Performance Indicators
Case study: Volkswagen and emissions tests
- In the fall of 2015, we learned that Volkswagen engineers had designed software that would allow Volkswagen diesel engines to pass emissions tests. The engines did not lower actual emissions, but they did pass a test. Here's some details about this Volkswagen emissions testing scandal. Now to understand why Volkswagen did this, I refer to an article by John Voelcker at GreenCarReports.com. Volkswagen has historically produced a much larger fraction of cars with diesel engines than have other major automobile manufacturers. Diesel cars are more common in Europe than they are in the United States. In 2008, the emissions rules for diesel cars operated in the United States were substantially tightened. No corresponding tightening happened in Europe until 2015. So someone at Volkswagen, we don't know who yet, decided that rather than change the Volkswagen engines to meet the tougher emission standards, they would instead…
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