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Scandal-hit German carmaker Volkswagen on Monday said it will recall 1,950 diesel vehicles in China to rectify engine software that cheats on emissions tests.
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In the US, VW faced penalties of up to $18 billion.
The software could hide the fact that the emission levels of diesel cars were 40 times higher than the level of pollutants allowed in the US.
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VW kept set aside 6.5 billion euros just to cover the potential costs of recalling and fixing the affected cars.
Volkswagen told US dealers to halt sales of some 2015 diesel cars.
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'Ignorance isn't a problem when it's a question of common citizens having forgotten (or never learnt) middle school science.' 'It becomes a problem when it's displayed by policymakers and people of some influence,' says Devangshu Datta.
Volkswagen AG will probably have to show there was some legitimate reason to install software that led to false vehicle emissions tests.
'We don't know if the water we are drinking has lead in it or not.' 'In India, we don't have ways to easily detect or measure contamination levels.'
Volkswagen AG said a scandal over falsified US. vehicle emission tests could affect 11 million of its cars around the globe.
VW is under pressure to identify those responsible, to say how vehicles with illegal software will be fixed.
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