Proper noun
Dieselgate
(informal) The Volkswagen emissions scandal of 2015.
Synonym: Emissionsgate
Brussels, 8. Jun 2016, 12:44The methods employed by the European Parliament's inquiry committee into the role of Europe's governments in the Dieselgate scandal will not be seen as revolutionary outside Brussels. Source: Internet
UNEP: Dieselgate will ‘push the electric revolution very quickly’https://www. Source: Internet
Instead, “inadequate” European rules are blamed for Germany's lack of on-road testing of emissions before the so-called Dieselgate scandal broke in September 2015. Source: Internet
Most of the EPP members voted against setting up the Dieselgate committee. Source: Internet
The European Union will launch legal action against Italy on Wednesday (17 May) for failing to police allegations of emissions-test cheating by Fiat Chrysler properly following the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal, EU sources said. Source: Internet
The Greens, meanwhile, sharply differ with the FDP and CSU on key issues from immigration to the environment, pushing to expand wind farms, phase out coal and take to task car makers over the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal. Source: Internet