Showing posts with label independent science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label independent science. Show all posts

Monday, September 28, 2015

How A Little Lab In West Virginia Caught Volkswagen's Big Cheat; NPR, 9/24/15

Sonari Glinton, NPR; How A Little Lab In West Virginia Caught Volkswagen's Big Cheat:
"Volkswagen was recently brought to its knees when scientists discovered the company had installed a device in its diesel-powered cars to fool emissions tests. Its stock price tanked, its reputation has been damaged and its CEO resigned on Wednesday.
So who made the discovery that sent the German car giant into a tailspin? A group of scientists at West Virginia University.
WVU research assistant professor Arvind Thiruvengadam and his colleagues test and experiment on cars and engines. He admits his is not the sexiest lab on campus, but he says he got superexcited when they won a grant in 2012 to test a few diesel cars...
The question now for investigators and prosecutors from Korea to Germany to the U.S. is how many people at Volkswagen knew and how far up that knowledge went."