In the article "Beyond Volkswagen, Europe’s Diesels Flunked a Pollution Test" by Danny Hakim talks about other european diesel cars that failed drugged tests. Many people have heard of the big scandal involving how volkswagen failed pollution tests but were able to find a way to keep it hidden. It turns out that a number of other european diesel cars have been able to keep their falling tests on the down-low. The European Commission started testing diesel cars in 2007. When the results were published in 2011 and 2013 but it did not reveal what cars or manufacturers had been involved in the tests. Big car brands such as fiat and BMW were also involved in more pollution than what was regulated. For a long time cars have kept their secrets hidden but now their secrets are finally being revealed.

The tests were not supposed identify carmakers who were violating the rules. Rather, they were supposed to identify the shortcomings of connecting pollution tests just in labs and to also asses equipment used to test emissions on the road. The tests on the vehicles were run by the Joint Research Center, which is a branch of the European Commission.

Acting on the results, “ European policy makers developed a plan to require mandatory tests to measure emissions on the road with portable devices. The plan was approved by the European Parliament last week, though it has been criticized after automakers lobbied successfully to weaken the tests.” The european regulators have long had an accommodating relationship with the auto industry.

With pollution already messing up the world, car makers lying about how much pollution they let out does not help. Volkswagen had one of the biggest car scandals in the last decades. The aftermath of all these lies is massive. Many workers have had to resign or they were fired. Also they have lost a lot of money because of it.