BONUS: Dieselgate10 - From Lies To Lithium (Part 1)
Sep 27, 12:10 AM
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The legacy of Dieselgate is not just one of scandal and failure, but of an unintended and revolutionary transformation that, despite its turbulent origins, has put the automotive industry on a definitive path toward a cleaner, electric future.
Welcome back to the podcast, welcome to a bonus show, the first of a two-part documentary investigation into the effect ‘dieselgate’ had on the EV industry.
On September 18, 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Violation to the Volkswagen Group, a document that would detonate a crisis of unprecedented scale in the global automotive industry.
The allegation was simple yet devastating: the German automotive giant had deliberately programmed its "Clean Diesel" vehicles with sophisticated software to cheat on emissions tests.
This was not a technical miscalculation or a minor compliance issue; it was a conscious, years-long deception. The event, which quickly became known as 'Dieselgate', publicly shattered a multi-billion-dollar corporate strategy built on the promise of environmentally friendly diesel technology.
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