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> Dieselgate killed people What? Is he being metaphorical or does he mean via the environmental impact? That's a stretch IMHO. Or alternately am I simply missi
by donatj 9y ago
> Dieselgate killed people
What? Is he being metaphorical or does he mean via the environmental impact? That's a stretch IMHO. Or alternately am I simply missing something?
- pcr0 9y agohttps://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/upshot/how-many-deaths-did-volkswagens-deception-cause-in-us.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/upshot/how-many-deaths...
- RachelF 9y agoEnvironmental impact. However, thus far only the programmer at VW has been prosecuted and sentenced to jail. His "following orders" defense did not work. All the high-level executives will probably walk away with VW paying a fine.
- kilotaras 9y agoIf you're referring to this story[1] person sentenced was engineering executive. [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-sentencing/vw-engineer-sentenced-to-40-month-prison-term-in-diesel-case-idUSKCN1B51YP http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-sente...
- astrange 9y agoLiterally every comment I’ve read about this article was by someone who didn’t read far enough in to learn the person really was an executive ;(