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Five years after dieselgate, cars are still dirty. What went wrong?
WIRED
When car manufacturers’ rampant emissions cheating exploded into the headlines in 2015, Dieselgate became one of the biggest corporate scandals in history. Four-and-a-half years later, Volkswagen and its peers have yet to clean up their mess – and governments across Europe still aren’t demanding they do so. read more »
Tesla downgraded Model 3 chip in China thanks to coronavirus
BBC
Tesla has revealed that it installed older, slower processors in new cars because of supply chain issues caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
The firm had received complaints from owners of new Model 3 vehicles in China who found their cars' computers used the older chip. read more »