[sqrt17]

Apparently, Volkswagen's emissions regulating code was built to Volkswagen's orders by Bosch, who then delivered the code with an explicit note that that code does not fulfill the requirements to be installed in production cars.

See here for a more complete story: https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7331-the_exhaust_emissions_scand...

[sliverstorm]

They told Bosch it was for testing and development, though Bosch was suspicious. So Bosch engineers were hardly complicit