Opinion: How Would the World of Cars be Today if There Was no 'Dieselgate?'
India, Feb. 12 -- For the uninitiated, or those of you living under a rock for the past decade, 'Dieselgate' is the VW emissions scandal that broke in 2015, when it was discovered that the company used trick software to detect when their diesel models were being emissions tested in the lab - at which point it would drastically adjust engine parameters to meet the regulations. These parameters would automatically reset when the car went from the rolling road to the actual road, resulting in emissions that could be up to 40-times greater than stipulated.
This was all at a time when VW was at the top of its game. The German behemoth had overtaken Toyota to become the largest carmaker in the world. The maker of the People's Car had amassed a...
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