Volkswagen Powerpoint Presentation For Executives Surfaces Detailing Software Cheats

The presentation has been discovered as part of the continuing investigations into Volkswagen, according to two people who have seen the document and who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the legal action against the company. It provides the most direct link yet to the genesis of the deception at Volkswagen, which admitted late last year that 11 million vehicles worldwide were equipped with software to cheat on tests that measured pollution in emissions.

It is not known how widely the presentation was distributed at Volkswagen. But its existence, and the proposal it made to install the software, highlight a series of flawed decisions at the embattled carmaker surrounding the emissions problem.

TheSteve - 4/27/2016 12:22:22 PM

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Is anyone really surprised by these findings, especially with all we've learned since September 2015? Personally, I'm surprised that VW keeps trying to scapegoat "a handful of rogue engineers" rather than admitting to the fact that the VW corporation has some deeply serious and widespread issues, and they're systemic.

PUGPROUD - 4/27/2016 3:46:53 PM

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Death by a thousand cuts! Every rock they turn over, every desk or file cabinet drawer that is opened, every piece of paper that is turned over,
etc etc reveals how long its been going on and how many people knew. Drip, drip, drip... the mighty VW ship is sinking deeper and deeper into
a financial black hole.

mpls - 4/27/2016 4:41:20 PM

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Good riddance , time for VW to be broken up, cheating swines

MDarringer - 4/27/2016 7:55:32 PM

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And their products banned from the USA