Volkswagen Group was pushed as much as taking a bet. Part of their settlement for the diesel emissions scandal was committing investments into EV and paying in

Volkswagen Group was pushed as much as taking a bet. Part of their settlement for the diesel emissions scandal was committing investments into EV and paying into funds to help US states transition. On top of that they basically destroyed their diesel business. And they were also not the only cheats. A few commentators have pointed out that if not for the scandal, we probably wouldn't have seen anything near as aggressive a push into switching from diesel vehicles to electric.