不正デバイスはシリコンバレーからきている
Stanford Professors Sue Volkswagen, Allege Emissions "Defeat Device" May Have Come From Silicon Valley
シリコンバレーの研究所も関与か？
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Stanford-Professors-Sue-Volkswagen-Claim-Company-Intentionally-Manipulated-Emissions-Systems-329554281.html


不正排ガスは毎年約100万トン
VW scandal caused nearly 1m tonnes of extra pollution, analysis shows
Volkswagen’s rigging of emissions tests for 11m cars means they may be responsible for nearly 1m tonnes of air pollution every year, roughly the same as the UK’s combined emissions for all power stations, vehicles, industry and agriculture, a Guardian analysis suggests.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/22/vw-scandal-caused-nearly-1m-tonnes-of-extra-pollution-analysis-shows



VW　1973年にも不正

Volkswagen was one of the first car companies to pay penalties for using pollution “defeat devices” after the 1970 Clean Air Act took root. In 1973, the automaker, based in what was then West Germany, told the Environmental Protection Agency that it sold around 25,000 vehicles equipped with devices that overrode the cars’ emissions control systems. Volkswagen settled with the EPA and the U.S. Justice Department in 1974, agreeing to pay $120,000 in penalties -- or $644,000 in today’s dollars -- and update future models of its cars

http://www.ibtimes.com/volkswagen-scandal-2015-vw-not-first-automaker-adopt-defeat-devices-override-2110859