Live: the head of Volkswagen USA addresses Congress panel

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By Euronews

Published on 08/10/2015 - 13:23

Michael Horn, the head of Volkswagen USA, is expected to apologise before members of a US Congress committee in Washington over the scandal of the

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Michael Horn, the head of Volkswagen USA, is expected to apologise before members of a US Congress committee in Washington over the scandal of the diesel emissions test cheating.

He has already admitted knowing the carmaker might be breaking US emissions rules as long as 18 months before the company owned up.

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