This is lifecycle applied to the Volkswagen "defeat device" problem. It show the lead up to the eruption of the problem on September 18th. Many things followed after that but they will be analysed in another problem lifecycle zooming in on those dates.

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.18th
Researchers at West
Virginia University and the
International Council on
Clean Transportation
publish "significantly higher
in-use emissions"
CARB tests the updated
emissions. The agency
finds some improvement,
but not enough.
Volkswagen agrees to
voluntarily recall its
diesel cars to address
the emissions issues.
Between July 8 and Sept. 3, CARB and the
EPA say they will not certify VW's 2016
diesel lineup, a necessary step to put those
cars on sale. Only then does VW admit to
software irregularities.
VW admits that the
cars were "designed
and manufactured
with a defeat device to
bypass, defeat or
render inoperative
elements of the
vehicle's emission
control system," CARB
says.
Big mistake N#1
(unintentionally or
intentionally): Volkswagen
tells regulators that the
differences amount to
technical issues and
"unexpected" test conditions.