期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering
印刷版ISSN：2320-9798
电子版ISSN：2320-9801
出版年度：2018
卷号：6
期号：8
页码：7114-7124
DOI：10.15680/IJIRCCE.2018. 0608006
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Volkswagen AG known internationally as Volkswagen Group is a German multinational automotive
manufacturing company headquartered in Wolfsburg Germany. It designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and
commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines, and turbo machinery and offers related services including financing,
leasing and fleet management. Volkswagen Group sells passenger cars under the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini,
Porsche, SEAT, Skoda and Volkswagen marques; motorcycles under the Ducati brand; and commercial vehicles under
the marques MAN, Scania, and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. On 18 September 2015, The US EPA announced
that Volkswagen had installed a "defeat device" software code in the diesel models sold in the US from 2009-15. The
code was intended to detect when an emissions test was being conducted, and altered emissions controls for better
compliance. Off the test stand, the controls were relaxed, and emissions jumped 35 to 40 times regulatory levels
according to investigators at West Virginia University and the California Air Resources Board. 482,000 vehicles are
under the recall order, a potential $18 billion ($37,500 per violation) in fines are pending, and news accounts speculate
a criminal indictment for the deception is certain. The software code was only revealed when the EPA refused to certify
VW's 2016 models for sale in the US unless the corporation provided full disclosure. On Sunday, 20 September 2015,
VW Group announced it was halting the sale of its fourcylinder diesel models in the US. On 22 September 2015, VW
AG admitted that 11 million cars worldwide had been fitted with software intended to deceive emissions testing. The
company issued a profit warning, saying it had set aside 7.3 billion dollars to fix the fraud. On April 21, 2017, a US
federal judge ordered Volkswagen "to pay a $2.8 billion criminal fine for rigging diesel-powered vehicles to cheat on
government emissions tests." .
