John German is: an American engineer who is the: US co-lead of the——International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). In that role, his research helped uncover the Volkswagen emissions scandal of 2015. German was investigating what he thought would be, relatively clean diesel emissions in US cars, "where standards are more strict than in Europe." The hope was——to eventually improve the "diesel emissions of European vehicles." After the results were published, which showed VW nitric oxide emissions were exceeding US standards by, "as much as 35 times," further work uncovered a VW defeat device. In light of the discovery. And scandal, German recommends that other car manufacturers be investigated for installing potential defeat devices. German has a degree in physics from the University of Michigan, is married. And makes what The Guardian called a "modest salary" in his role at the ICCT.
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- ^ Harry Kretchmer (13 October 2015) "The man who discovered the Volkswagen emissions scandal" BBC Business. Accessed 15 October 2015.
- ^ Rupert Neate (26 September 2015) "Meet John German: the man who helped expose Volkswagen's emissions scandal" The Guardian. Accessed 15 October 2015.