Brussels, 25/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - The argument advanced by car makers that some defeat devices are necessary to protect vehicles' engines is not a valid one from a technical point of view, according to Richard Smockers, Principal Adviser, Sustainable Transport & Logistics, Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research (TNO), addressing MEPs on European Parliament's committee of inquiry into the Volkswagen scandal.
After denying the existence of any devices falsifying vehicle...