Volkswagen hoaxes media with fake statement on name change
DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen of America gave bogus explanations this week saying it would change its image name to "Voltswagen," to push its obligation to electric vehicles, just to turn around course Tuesday and concede that the alleged name change was a joke. Imprint Gillies, an organization representative, affirmed Tuesday that the assertion had been a pre-April Fool's Day joke in the wake of having demanded Monday that the delivery was genuine and the name change exact. The organization's bogus assertion was appropriated again Tuesday, saying the brand-name change mirrored a move to more battery-electric vehicles. Volkswagen's purposefully phony news discharge, exceptionally surprising for a significant public organization, concurs with its endeavors to fix its picture as it attempts to recuperate from a 2015 embarrassment in which it undermined government emanations tests and permitted diesel-controlled vehicles to illicitly contaminate the air. In that emb