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The troubled German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) has announced it will recall around 11 million cars following the emissions tests scandal that has mired the company in controversy. Some industry analysts predict the recall could cost the auto manufacturer more than $6.5 billion. Last week, VW admitted cheating in diesel emissions tests in the United States and Europe. It manipulated data to falsely show that VW cars were a lot more fuel-efficient than was really the case. The company is Europe's largest carmaker and employs over 750,000 people. It has lost more than a third of its market value on stock markets and has badly tarnished its reputation as being a leader in clean energy.
* troubled = 문제가 많은, 힘든/ recall = (특히 하자가 있는 제품을) 회수[리콜]하다/ emissions test = 배기 가스 방출 검사/ mire = 궁지에 몰리게 하다/ admit = 인정[시인]하다/ manipulate = 조종[조작]하다/ falsely = 거짓으로, 부정하게/ fuel-efficient = 연료 효율이 좋은/ tarnish = (평판을) 더럽히다[손상시키다]
Chief executives at VW could face criminal charges over the scandal. Olaf Lies, a Volkswagen board member, told the BBC TV program Newsnight that some staff acted criminally over emission tests. He said: "Those people who allowed this to happen, or who made the decision to install this software, acted criminally. They must take personal responsibility." He added: "We only found out about the problems in the last board meeting, shortly before the media did. I want to be quite open, so we need to find out why the board wasn't informed earlier about the problems when they were known about over a year ago in the United States."
* criminal charge = 형사 고발/ install = 설치[설비]하다/ board meeting = 이사회
