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The scandal that rocked the automotive industry is far from over.
Computers control much of an engine’s performance these days. And it’s surprisingly easy to tweak the software to bypass emissions controls, as done by Volkswagen.
Australia is literally years behind European and US vehicle emissions standards, allowing car-makers to sell more polluting cars.
It’s likely that many people knew Volkswagen was cheating on emissions tests, including the engineers who built the ‘defeat device’. But why did no-one at the car maker blow the whistle?
If some good can come out of the Volkswagen scandal, it’s that public will be more clued up about air pollution from cars.
The sensational confessions of the car-manufacturing giant have sent shockwaves through the industry and have wider implications for the whole corporate sector.
VW has admitted that its cars were fitted with ‘defeat device’ software to game the emissions testing system.
Outdoor air pollution causes 3.3 million premature deaths a year, mainly in Asia. And without policies to cut particulate pollution from traffic, industry and home biofuels, the deaths could double by 2050.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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E-Mobility Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE), Cardiff University
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Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
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