Michael Horn, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America is appearing before the House energy and commerce committee to discuss the company’s emissions-rigging scandal
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We will be ending our live blog here.
Here is a quick summary of today’s hearing:
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Here are Grundler’s prepared remarks.
As we reported yesterday:
The EPA is also being taken to task to determine why the agency failed to detect the use of such software earlier.
“VW manufactured and installed software in the electronic control module of these vehicles that sensed when the vehicle was being tested for compliance with EPA emissions standards,” Christopher Grundler, director of the EPA’s office of transportation and air quality, will testify on Thursday according to his prepared remarks. “Put simply, these cars contain software that turns off or significantly reduces the effectiveness of emissions controls when driving normally, and turns them on when the car is undergoing an emissions test.”
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Source: Guardian Environment