I think you mean more scrupulous, not less.
Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The dieselgate scandal is why I am so disappointed when I heard that Volkswagen outsold Tesla in Europe for the number one spot since the start of the year. I have been hoping it would a less scrupulous company (and non-Chinese EV manufacturer) that took the number one spot for European EV cars sold.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 month ago
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You are right. I just corrected my comment.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Even without diselgate vw group cars are just poorly engineered rebadges.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If it makes you feel any better, all brands had illegally high emissions. People only tie it to VW so much because they were the first to be tested, and they owned up to it, meaning media could call them out on it without fear of libel.
VW wasn’t even close to the worst offender.
raef@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They only owned up after lying and obfuscating for years. California said they work with manufacturers when they are out of compliance, but brought their lawsuit because VW wouldn’t cooperate
unskilled5117@feddit.org 1 month ago
Most people don’t know that it wasn’t just VW.
Soure (Wikipedia)
xzot746@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Volkswagen was definitely had the loudest outrage but as you mention, anyone making a diesel was doing the same thing.
And to your point about morals, yeah most corporations have no idea what morals are, and some might say that’s their right as a company to just focus on money, damn everyone and everything else, your health, the environment not if it interferes with my corporations profit margin.
Social contract what’s that about.