VW doesn’t own a single of the other brands on that list.
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RayJW@sh.itjust.works 4 months agoI mean they also own like half the industry. So, I don’t particularly bad for them to be honest.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
RayJW@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yea but many of them were involved. The Audi CEO at the time was on the board making the decision and the first to be convicted.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Well yeah I don’t feel bad for any big company when bad stuff happens to them (well, within reason, I obviously don’t want massive layoffs and people left unemployed).
My point isn’t to be an apologist for VW, my point is that the others are just as bad, and plenty are even worse, yet they got away with it. They shouldn’t have done.
RayJW@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Don’t worry, I don’t think you are. I just think there’s a reason they admitted so easily. Probably just another calculated fallout to save all their other brands from their own mini backlash which would ultimately cause more damage.
But yes, the whole industry is a dumpster fire when it comes to regulations and also lobbying.