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Well that may prove it was a political motivated punishment (for the US at least) not related to the environment damage. VW got fined in Europe (i.e few billion
by thefounder 8y ago
Well that may prove it was a political motivated punishment (for the US at least) not related to the environment damage. VW got fined in Europe (i.e few billions) as well but not as much as in the US.
- jacobolus 8y ago> political motivated punishment You mean, they didn’t like the “politics” of a company installing devices in their cars whose only purpose was to cheat emissions tests, and then afterward lying about it? Yes, it’s not really so much about the “environment” per se, and more about the criminal cheating followed by criminal coverup.
- mikey_p 8y agoI think the unsaid assumption, although it is near impossible to prove, is that this was motivated by desire to punish foreign conglomerates and provide a nice advantage to domestic producers. While I'm sure this is near impossible to prove I would be really surprised if lobbyists for the US auto industry weren't trying to get as many sanctions as possible for VW.
- VintageCool 8y agoThe US doesn't really have a pro-deisel lobby, so they were able to impose punishments without internal political pushback.