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Best Of The Web: VW brand to change diesel technology, cut investments

Oct 14, 2015 VW, Emissions, EmissionsScandal, Volkswagen


An article in the Detroit News reports that: "Volkswagen’s flagship brand will switch to new diesel emissions control technology in Europe and North America as well as cut a billion euros ($1.1 billion) in annual investment spending. VW brand head Herbert Diess made the announcement Tuesday as the company struggles to overcome a scandal over the fact that some of its cars are equipped with computer software that let them evade U.S. emissions tests.

Diess said the company would change its diesel technology in Europe and North America and install systems that that use a mixture of the chemical substance urea and water to reduce diesel emissions. He said that change would come “as soon as possible.”

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