Auto, Business Ethics, Environment

The Volkswagen Scandal: A Catalyst for the EV Industry

Maybe we’re all afraid of change.

We know that climate change is a problem, and carbon dioxide emissions are harmful for all of us, but why aren’t we trying to eradicate it? Why are we still demanding gasoline-run cars?

This current auto industry is not sustainable. Although radical improvements have been made to improve the environmentally-friendliness of a gasoline-run car, the auto industry is still stubbornly reliant on combustion engines and fossil fuels. As environmental awareness is raised and governments passing stricter regulations for emission-testing, this industry is bound to collapse and become obsolete sooner or later. Taking Volkswagen for example, we see that in order to remain viable in this outdated industry, ethical boundaries will inevitably be crossed.

The Volkswagen scandal isn’t the first time car companies are cutting corners to make emission-tests. For decades, emissions-testing isn’t as regulatory as it has been sold to consumers. European automakers makers arrange for their own testing of their cars, American cars differ from the way they preform in testing and they way they perform on the streets.

It is time that our consumer eyes are open to the misplaced truths that have been fed to us by automakers. Perhaps, this is the opportunity the EV industry is looking for to catalyst their domination of the auto market scene of the future.

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Let’s embrace change.

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