Isigculelo seVolkswagen savela njengenye yeenkampani ezinkulu zobuqhetseba zamaxesha akutshanje. Nangona kunjalo, unyaka emva kokuba yaziwa malunga nokukhohlisa isoftware ye-injini ukukhohlisa ulwazi lwayo kwimisi, uphawu lwayonyusa intengiso yalo. Kubonakala ngathi ukuvakaliswa okungalunganga kuye kwajika kwasasazeka emva kwayo yonke loo nto. Umzekelo olusizi oya kutsala umdla wazo zonke iindlela zabenzi abangathembekanga.
Yonke le nto iqale ngo-2015. Kwaye kude kube ngu-2017, inkampani ivavanya ifuthe loqoqosho oluza kubandakanya ukutshintshwa kweemoto ezininzi ezithengisiweyo. Imbuyekezo sele iphumile kwaye abasebenzisi, kunye noRhulumente wase-United States, oyena mntu ulwayo kubo bonke, bayithatha kancinci.
Kodwa ngaphaya kwembuyekezo, eyona nto imbi kakhulu kukusilela kweendlela zokuziphatha ezingqinwa sesi silwanyana sikhulu. Nge ncwadi Isigculelo seVolkswagen, umbhali wayo usisondeza kwinyani yokugqibela. Bambalwa kuthi ebesazi ukuba yonke into iqale kuyilo olungonelisiyo malunga nokuzibophelela kwabo kwindalo. Kwakungunyaka ka-2009 kwaye ukumisa ukuveliswa kwemveliso ngobuninzi kwakuyindleko ephezulu kwinkampani. Okona kulungileyo banokuza nako kukusinda ngaphambili.
Ubuqhetseba buhanjisiwe, kodwa iipremiyamu zokuthengisa zabaphathi kunye nabathengisi bezinamandla ngaphezu kwenyani yokuthatha i-fiasco enkulu.
Kuqala abo baphathi bafakwe kwintlekele kunye nokudana, kodwa babengacingi ukuba kungekudala emva koko, intengiso iza kuphinda iqale. Iinjongo zabo zeshishini, zona kanye ababekwazi ukuzifihla ukusilela kwabo, zaziza kuvela ngokukhawuleza kungekudala. Ukuphela kolwazi olubi, masinamathele kwigama lokwazisa, nangayiphi na indlela. Ukuba kukho into ebonwayo, iyathengiswa.
Ukuba izohlwayo ezinenzuzo bezisele ziyinto eyaziwayo kwaye isetyenziswa ziinkampani ezinkulu, ukubakho kokuthengisa kwabo kunyuka kungekudala emva kokukhohlisa wonke umntu kubonwa njengeyona ndlela intsha kulo naluphi na uhlobo lwemveliso, intlekele ...
Ungayithenga incwadi Isigculelo seVolkswagen, Incwadi yamva nje kaJack Ewing, apha: