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Prague - Arab Today
Skoda, the Czech carmaker within the Volkswagen group, said Monday that over a million cars were fitted with pollution cheating software.to dupe emissions tests.
"I can confirm that where the Skoda brand is concerned, there are 1.2 million cars that were produced," Skoda's spokesman Jozef Balaz told AFP.
VW had sparked global outrage last week when it admitted that 11 million of its diesel cars worldwide are equipped with so-called defeat devices that activate pollution controls during tests but turn them off when the car is on the road.
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