Four VW execs found guilty in trial that transformed Europe’s auto market

Four-former Volkswagen executor received sentences in prison on Monday for the roles in the emissions-deceptive scandal. The verdict, which was delivered after a three-year test in the German city of Braunschweig, said the last chapter in the 10-year ending the continent’s relationship with diesel technology.

Jens Hadl, who is associated with the development of the diesel engine, received four and a half years and a half years to the orchestra for the orchestra. The team installed the program, which allows the recognition of vehicles to recognize waste tests and the recognition of temporary growing pollution control during inspections when polluting the rest.

The effect of the scandal was extended outside the corporate planks. In early 2015, diesel vehicles are sold as an environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline than half of the European car market. Today, this figure fell only to 10% of new car sales.

All work also accelerated the transition to Europe’s electrization. Electric vehicles and plugin hybrids are now 25% of the sale of new cars, and Volkswagen himself became a leading home manufacturer in Europe, three times a battery in April. New York Times tells.