As the only Philippine affiliate of the International Automobile Federation, which brings together 237 member organizations from 142 countries, the Automobile Association Philippines recently received a FIA statement titled “An Insight on the Volkswagen Scandal and FIA Policy Guidance on the Issue.” Last month, Volkswagen AG admitted that it had programmed the software of 11 million diesel cars worldwide to switch engines to a cleaner mode during official emissions testing, then switch it off afterwards, enabling cars to drive powerfully on the road while spewing as much as 40 times the legal pollution limit.

The FIA statement is too long to reprint here, but below are excerpts from the section subtitled “Implications.”

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