Engineering360: "VW engineering scandal tarnished other German automakers"

I read Chrysler also had some irregularities in their emissions software as well.

But nobody (seems to) care about that. VW took the public relations brunt because they were the first to be exposed in a big way. These other stories flew below the radar.

From the NY Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/business/fiat-chrysler-justice-settlement-emissions.html

"Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has agreed to pay nearly $650 million to settle lawsuits over its use of illegal engine-control software on diesel vehicles that produced false results on emissions tests, two people briefed on the matter said Wednesday.

The Justice Department sued the company in 2017 over the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that it had used illegal software that turned off pollution controls under certain driving conditions. The E.P.A. contended that the software enabled the vehicles to pass emissions tests while allowing them to release higher levels of pollutants in normal driving."

Another perpetual motion machine, Clean Diesel.