U.S. Orders Major VW Recall Over Emissions Test Trickery.

The article reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a recall of nearly 500,000 automobiles built by Volkswagen between 2009 and 2015. According to the article, the vehicles have computers that are programmed to turn on pollution control equipment when state vehicle emissions testing is performed. In normal operation, the emissions control equipment is automatically and secretly turned off.