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(36,988 posts) Fri Oct 9, 2015, 10:17 AM Oct 2015

Top U.S. VW Exec Blames 'A Couple of Software Engineers' for Scandal [View all]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Volkwagen's top executive in the U.S. told lawmakers on Thursday that cheating on emissions with the use of software in diesel cars was not a corporate decision, but something that "individuals did."

"This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason," Michael Horn, VW's U.S. head, said about the software code designed to cheat on emissions tests, which the company put in diesel cars since 2009.

"This was not a corporate decision. There was no board meeting that approved this," he added later, under questioning by members of the House of Representatives Oversight and Investigations panel.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/vw-scandal-top-u-s-exec-offers-sincere-apology-cheating-n440971

No one is to blame...... just a couple of bad apples.

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Top U.S. VW Exec Blames 'A Couple of Software Engineers' for Scandal [View all] Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 OP

Utter and total BS. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #1

Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi� Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 #3

I could have believed middle-management or even some upper management being told to improve LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #7

No evidence any other companies doctored their software.... more likely unrealistic test procedures groundloop Oct 2015 #16

LOL, the shredders must be working overtime at a certain car manufacturer HQ. n/t FSogol Oct 2015 #2

Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 #4

Darn those rogue software engineers! FSogol Oct 2015 #5

Wonder if they all graduated from the same school of Rogueness..... dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #18

At that level Managers know how to Not document instructions One_Life_To_Give Oct 2015 #10

As an engineer (not a software one), I know exactly when something needs to be put in writing. FSogol Oct 2015 #11

Yeah, 'cuz software engineers had a lot to gain, whereas CEOs were just hoodwinked. mpcamb Oct 2015 #6

this! ^^^^^^^ uawchild Oct 2015 #15

The Kenny-boy Lay defense. DemoTex Oct 2015 #8

Attention engineers and scientists. Criminal management never cheats, NCjack Oct 2015 #9

I Used To Do This RobinA Oct 2015 #12

Sure. Let's get those engineers under oath and see where the truth leads. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #13

And they did all that coding, just for the hell of it? For LULS? Demeter Oct 2015 #14

Now pull the other one, Mikey. What a shameful, pusillanimous dodge. nt GliderGuider Oct 2015 #17

mmhmmm, nice try, betcha that BS won't fly in court though 0rganism Oct 2015 #19

Exactly! Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2015 #31

Riiiiiiiiiiiight. Sure they did. Try again Michael. yellowcanine Oct 2015 #20

Um, the fact that the board wasn't involved means nada. Zilch. Zippo. JudyM Oct 2015 #21

Nobody does anything in a corp unless it comes from the top down. VW execs lie. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #22

they lie? chief executives? of corporations? restorefreedom Oct 2015 #27

Yeah, we can fertilize the lawn with that one... Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #23

I wonder how different the performance and mileage are truthisfreedom Oct 2015 #24

As an owner of such a car, I wonder too! FiveGoodMen Oct 2015 #25

"...for whatever reason". Yeah right. arcane1 Oct 2015 #26

Didn't know they made buses Yavin4 Oct 2015 #28

Bush level lying daleo Oct 2015 #29

ummmmmm yeah! Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2015 #30

At the risk of using obscure technical terminology: Nac Mac Feegle Oct 2015 #32

All those rogue coders, doing all those things they were not told to do... Little Tich Oct 2015 #33

You been watching too much cable, Mr Horn MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #34