In Impact of excess NOx emissions from diesel cars on air quality, public health and eutrophication in Europe, published today in Environmental Research Letters, researchers from Norway, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands estimate that 5,000 early European deaths per year attributable to diesel emissions are caused by Volkswagen’s Dieselgate crime, in which cars were designed to sneak lethal levels of toxic emissions past regulatory checks.
Europe suffers some 10,000 early deaths due to diesel emissions per year; half of those are the result of Volkswagen’s cheating cars.
The deaths are not likely to decline until the haunted VW fleet is retired or patched.
