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German engineering firm IAV pleads guilty in VW emissions scandal

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By:
Larry P. Vellequette
January 18, 2019 08:21 PM

DETROIT — A German engineering company co-owned by Volkswagen Group pleaded guilty to a felony count of conspiracy in U.S. District Court here for its role in helping VW to develop the defeat device software needed to temporarily alter the performance of its first so-called clean diesel engines.

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