VW engineer sentenced to 40-month prison term in diesel case
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#3While the article does mention one more guy (Oliver Schmidt), it's a shame they just put the whole thing on this Engineer, when in reality there is no way this could have been pulled off by two people without the rest of management's knowledge/approval.
Are you seriously telling me that only this single guy was responsible for all the emissions that were found in the TDI range of diesels, all the way from A3 to A8? Sorry, I'm not buying it.
Re: VW engineer sentenced to 40-month prison term in diesel case
#4While the article does mention one more guy (Oliver Schmidt), it's a shame they just put the whole thing on this Engineer, when in reality there is no way this could have been pulled off by two people without the rest of management's knowledge/approval. Are you seriously telling me that only this single guy was responsible for all the emissions that were found in the TDI range of diesels, all the way from A3 to A8? S…
The article implies other executives to be sentenced. Liang happens to be the lowest ranking executive. Also from the looks of Schmidt’s sentencing it seems the orher executives probably had longer sentences.
Re: VW engineer sentenced to 40-month prison term in diesel case
#5While the article does mention one more guy (Oliver Schmidt), it's a shame they just put the whole thing on this Engineer, when in reality there is no way this could have been pulled off by two people without the rest of management's knowledge/approval. Are you seriously telling me that only this single guy was responsible for all the emissions that were found in the TDI range of diesels, all the way from A3 to A8? S…
Nope, the articles says there are 7 more higher ranking executives due to be judged. And from the looks of it their sentences might be significantly higher as well.
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#6> former engineer James Liang
Former engineer? Does one ever stop being an engineer?
Re: VW engineer sentenced to 40-month prison term in diesel case
#7Fantastic precedent. When your boss tells you to do something unethical and possibly illegal, you now have a great reason to say no.
Re: VW engineer sentenced to 40-month prison term in diesel case
#8While the article does mention one more guy (Oliver Schmidt), it's a shame they just put the whole thing on this Engineer, when in reality there is no way this could have been pulled off by two people without the rest of management's knowledge/approval. Are you seriously telling me that only this single guy was responsible for all the emissions that were found in the TDI range of diesels, all the way from A3 to A8? S…
This is a common sentiment here on HN, and it is entirely devoid of factual grounding.
This is one guy who happened to travel to the USA (stupid move: asking US authorities before travelling "hey, are you going to arrest me?" and taking their word that no, they don't plan to…). Another American VW guy has already been sentenced.
The "real culprits" are all living in Germany. And the investigation in Germany is ongoing. It may not make a splash in the US press, but there have been raids at VW offices and in managers' private homes.
Former CEO Martin Winterkorn is amongst the now thirty-seven people investigated (so it is certainly not the case that German prosecutors focus on a few lowly engineers as "fall guys", as HN commenteers love to claim).
The investigation is ongoing, and it is generally expected that there will be criminal charges. But this takes time.
Press release by the public prosecutor: http://www.staatsanwaltschaften.niedersachsen.de/startseite/...
Re: VW engineer sentenced to 40-month prison term in diesel case
#9While the article does mention one more guy (Oliver Schmidt), it's a shame they just put the whole thing on this Engineer, when in reality there is no way this could have been pulled off by two people without the rest of management's knowledge/approval. Are you seriously telling me that only this single guy was responsible for all the emissions that were found in the TDI range of diesels, all the way from A3 to A8? S…
The guy lead the emission compliance unit in the US. He was most likely in charge of taking the software designed in Germany and adapting it so that it works with the emission tests performed in the US. As far as I can remember, the software was pretty closely monitoring the driving style and comparing it to the test suite that was performed in the EU in order to activate the cheats. They probably had to perform the same kind of thing in the US, as I assume that the tests differ.
Re: VW engineer sentenced to 40-month prison term in diesel case
#10While the article does mention one more guy (Oliver Schmidt), it's a shame they just put the whole thing on this Engineer, when in reality there is no way this could have been pulled off by two people without the rest of management's knowledge/approval. Are you seriously telling me that only this single guy was responsible for all the emissions that were found in the TDI range of diesels, all the way from A3 to A8? S…
I don’t see any claim or implication that this is intended to represent the entire punishment for the incident.