Volkswagen pollution software, Dutch Word of the Year

This video from the USA says about itself:

Steve Berman Investigates VW, Audi for Diesel Emissions-Cheating Software

18 September 2015

Hagens Berman has filed a national class-action lawsuit against Volkswagen for allegedly sidestepping emissions rules and cheating pollution tests, in violation of state laws and consumers’ rights. Federal and California environmental regulators have accused Volkswagen of using software to cheat emissions standards in its diesel Audi and Volkswagen automobiles years 2009-2015.

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NOS TV in the Netherlands reports today about the Dutch linguistic society Onze Taal. This society year after year chooses a Word of the Year. This year, ten new Dutch words were nominated.

The ‘winner’ for 2015 is ‘sjoemelsoftware’, fraudulent software: meaning the software of Volkswagen cars, cheating about the level of pollution these cars cause.

ICYMI: Porsche and Audi are added to the list of cars caught in VW’s pollution scheme. here.

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