﻿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 exhaust 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 diesel car emissions﻿﻿ may reveal other car companies that have broken the ﻿rules.