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VW Emissions Scandal Gives Electric Cars a Boost
Cheating on tests for diesel engine emissions will cost Volkswagen billions of dollars. It's also helping to boost the development for alternatives to the internal combustion engine… and electric cars look like the wave of the future.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenCheating on tests for diesel engine emissions will cost Volkswagen billions of dollars. It's also helping to boost the development for alternatives to the internal combustion engine… and electric cars look like the wave of the future.
Later on the program, three months later, are both the US and Iran complying with the nuclear deal?
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