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Phys.org: Volkswagen's excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe, study says
Volkswagen's excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe, study says
In September 2015, the German Volkswagen Group, the world's largest car producer, admitted to having installed "defeat devices" in 11 million diesel cars sold worldwide between 2008 and 2015. The devices were designed to ...
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The study also says that the numbers e.g for Germany may fluctuate between 50 an 1.200. Additionally they admit that the conclusions have been drawn based on a bunch of pretty shaky input-variables with many unknowns. It is pretty depressing to see the MIT spending efforts on this. It's clear that what VW did is a criminal act, but this study is absolutely useless.