Four former Volkswagen executives have received prison sentences Monday for their scandal scandal paper that changes European car market. The verdict, which was delivered after three years trial in Braunschweig, Germany, marked the latest chapter of a 10-year-old relationship with the continent of Diesel technology.
Jens Hadler, pushing Diesel’s engine development, receives the largest sentence of four and a half years for the ordination of what judges “more serious” fraud. Her team installs software that allows vehicles to identify withdrawals, which are temporarily adding pollution controls during the inspecting period while running the rest of the rest of the time.
The effect of distance schedule is more than corporate boardrooms. Before 2015, diesel vehicles were ordered more than half of European car market, traded as friendly fuel environmental alternatives. Now, that number collapses with just 10% of the new car sale.
The entire responsibility also facilitates Europe transfer to electrification. Electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids now account for 25% of new car sale, while Volkswagen itself the leading European cars like Tesla in April, reports The New York Times.
