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Volkswagen Scandal
May 24, 2016, 17:10 ISTThe issue of emissions scandal started with the German automaker Volkswagen.
On September 18, 2015 US Environmental Protection Agency issued notice to the automaker for equipping its vehicles with a particular engine that could skew emissions data.
On September 22, the company admitted to having around 11 million diesel vehicles having this cheat device.
This scandal led to the resignation of the company’s then CEO Martin Winterkorn and host of other resignations followed at the company’s brands – Audi, Skoda, and Porsche.