Dieselgate Europe
An Industry on Trial

In 2015, a global scandal broke when Volkswagen admitted to rigging millions of diesel vehicles with software designed to cheat emissions tests. Dieselgate Europe: An Industry on Trial tells the sweeping, fact-based story of how that deception unfolded across the continent-and how it shattered public trust in some of Europe's most iconic automakers.

This book traces the scandal's roots in decades of pro-diesel policy, the internal engineering decisions that led to fraud, and the explosive revelations that began in the United States but quickly engulfed the European Union. From boardrooms in Wolfsburg to courtrooms in Munich, from EU parliamentary hearings to quiet regulatory failures, this is a narrative of systemic breakdown and hard-fought reform.

Drawing on verified public records, investigations, legal proceedings, and emissions data, Dieselgate Europe charts how one scandal became a continent-wide reckoning-reshaping environmental policy, consumer rights, and the future of European mobility. Ten years on, the diesel engine's fall from grace marks not only the end of an era, but the beginning of an electrified transformation.