Episode 762 • • 2:33:16 - 2:36:45
762: 400,000 A-Bombs
Volkswagen Emissions Scandal, Technical Retrofit Challenges
The Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal involves the use of "defeat devices" to cheat laboratory tests. Fixing the 11 million affected vehicles would require expensive hardware retrofits, such as three-stage catalytic converters or urea-based "AdBlue" systems, costing billions of dollars.