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Oh, oh, let me guess: it's the fault of a single rogue engineer, and does not in any way implicate company upper management.
by draw_down 10y ago
Oh, oh, let me guess: it's the fault of a single rogue engineer, and does not in any way implicate company upper management.
- ssully 10y agoI am assuming your comment is referencing Volkswagen's emissions controversy? It doesn't really fit considering six executives have been charged [1] over the incident. [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/business/volkswagen-diesel-vw-settlement-charges-criminal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/business/volkswagen-diese...
- adventured 10y agoI suspect the parent comment is referring to the way VW attempted to deflect blame from management / executives to claiming initially that it was rogue engineers. (rather than referring to who has or hasn't been charged by the government)
- draw_down 10y agoThat's nice. I was referring to this: http://www.reuters.com/article/volkswagen-emissions-congress-update-2-p-idUSL1N1281B720151008 http://www.reuters.com/article/volkswagen-emissions-congress...
- arprocter 10y agoLooks like the engine in question is the 3L L630 which is made by the Fiat-owned VM Motori