Photo: ReutersWashington: Auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH concealed the use of Volkswagen AG’s secret “defeat device” software that it helped design and demanded in 2008 that the German automaker provide legal protection in its use, lawyers for American owners alleged in a court filing. The email demanded “Volkswagen indemnify Bosch for any legal exposure arising from work on the defeat device,” the lawsuit said. A US Bosch spokeswoman and Volkswagen did not respond to a request for comment late Tuesday. The filing also accuses Bosch chief executive officer Volkmar Denner of knowing about the use of the defeat device. It supplied software and components to VW but has said responsibility for how software is used to regulate exhaust emissions or fuel consumption lies with carmakers.

Source: Mint September 07, 2016 09:56 UTC