U.S. EPA Toughens Emissions Oversight After VW Cheating
- On-road testing may be added to the lab-based pollution tests
- Volkswagen admitted to skirting emissions tests with software
The Long Road Ahead for Volkswagen
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Regulators will add more spot-checks to cars already on the road as part of a toughening of U.S. environmental oversight following Volkswagen AG’s admission that it fitted as many as 11 million diesel cars worldwide with software that rigged pollution tests.
“We are upping our game,” said Christopher Grundler, director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality.