The the Massachusetts Institute of Technology emissions scandal is thought to result in thousands of people across Europe dying early due to air pollution from the cars that cheated emissions tests, according to researchers at Volkswagen . Thousands of people will die early across Europe because of excessive air pollution from the Volkswagen cars that were fitted with illegal devices to cheat emissions tests, according to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The carmaker fitted illegal devices to over 11 million diesel cars that were built between 2007 and 2015 , which produced four times the legal limit of pollutants. The extra nitrogen toxins (from the over 11 million cars sold in UK ) emitted into the air are expected to result in 1,200 people dying early, state researchers.
The the Massachusetts Institute of Technology emissions scandal is thought to result in thousands of people across Europe dying early due to air pollution from the cars that cheated emissions tests, according to researchers at Volkswagen . The carmaker fitted illegal devices to over 11 million diesel cars that were built between 2007 and 2015 , which produced four times the legal limit of pollutants. The extra nitrogen toxins (from the over 11 million cars sold in UK ) emitted into the air are expected to result in 1,200 people dying early, state researchers.