﻿The ' Real - world vehicle emissions from modern diesel cars ' report , published by the ICCT last year , showed that a dozen diesel car models were seven times over official EU limits , which included Volkswagen ( " V﻿﻿﻿W)﻿ cars﻿. European regulators,﻿ however , failed to act and recent tests carried out this year in the US , conducted on three car models ( two from VW and one from BMW ) , showed that VW had rigged its cars with a device that falsifies﻿ thei﻿r car emission levels during﻿﻿﻿ testing . As a result,﻿ 11 million VW diesel cars are affected by the emissions scandal , and calls for deeper investigations﻿ into how car emissions﻿﻿ may affect other car companies that have followed the ﻿rules .
﻿The ' Real - world vehicle emissions from modern diesel cars ' report , published by the ICCT last year , showed that a dozen diesel car models were seven times over official EU limits , which included Volkswagen ( V﻿﻿﻿W)﻿ cars﻿. European regulators,﻿ however , failed to act and recent tests carried out this year in the US , conducted on three car models ( two from VW and one from BMW ) , showed that VW had rigged its cars with a device that falsifies﻿ thei﻿r car emission levels during﻿﻿﻿ testing . As a result,﻿ 11 million VW diesel cars are affected by the emissions scandal , and calls for deeper investigations﻿ into how car emissions﻿﻿ may affect other car companies that have followed the ﻿rules .