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US orders Volkswagen to recall 500,000 cars
Volkswagen Passats at a Chicago dealer’s lot. American regulators have ordered the German auto giant to recall nearly 500,000 cars. – AFP pic, September 19, 2015.American regulators charged Volkswagen yesterday with manufacturing autos designed to evade pollution controls and ordered the German auto giant to recall nearly 500,000 cars.
Volkswagen designed software to meet clean-air standards during testing, but not during normal operations, US and California regulators charged.
As a result, the cars emit greater-than-allowed quantities of pollution linked to smog and various health ills. – AFP, September 19, 2015.
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