Reply to post: Somebody In Management Had To Know

Somebody In Management Had To Know

So VW Engineers create a design, and they know the levers to push and pull to affect mileage and pollution levels. They have phenominal testing labs and reams of test data. When they create a car design, they would estimate the expected mileage and pollution levels. When the car rolls into testing and the results come in so good; someone should have been comparing the actual results to estimated results. And given the variance, some engineering bean counter has got to be asking why the results are so good; if nothing more than to bottle it up for the next design. And then the great achievement makes its way up the management chain.

And nobody says great achievement and passes out bonuses and promotions for exceeding estimates?

So sorry Mr. VW CEO; your story of two rouge software engineers doesn't pass the stink test.

Me thinks the FBI needs to be brought in to find the scoundrels who got the bonuses and promotions. The evidence is all there in project files and in the reviews in personnel files if someone just looks.

The US Govt was defrauded with lying test results, and more importantly consumers who bought the cheating cars got screwed.