When last we checked in on Volkswagen and the widening emissions scandal, we learned that in addition to software installed on some 11 million diesel vehicles designed to game nitrogen oxide tests, Germany’s largest carmaker has also been habitually understating CO2 output on around 800,000 cars sold in Europe.
In a nutshell, the company said it found “unexplained inconsistencies” while conducting an internal probe related to carbon-dioxide output.