Volkswagen: The scandal
explained
By Russell HottenBusiness
reporter, BBC News
It's been dubbed the "diesel
dupe". In September, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that many VW cars being sold in America US
VW has
had a major push to sell diesel cars in the US US Europe , are fitted
with the so-called "defeat device".
The
company has also been accused by the EPA of modifying software on the 3 liter
diesel engines fitted to some Porsche and Audi as well as VW models. VW has
denied the claims, which affect at least 10,000 vehicles.
In November, VW said it had found
"irregularities" in tests to measure carbon
dioxide emissions levels that
could affect about 800,000 cars in Europe -
including petrol vehicles. However, in December it said that following
investigations, it had established that this only affected about 36,000 of the
cars it produces each year.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO: Volkswagen’s company
WHEN: 2015年9月3日
WHAT: diesel dupe
WHY:
WHERE: In the US
HOW: cheating emissions tests in the US
Keywords：
1.
dub：配音
2.
diesel：柴油機
3.
dupe：欺騙
4.
emissions：排放
