The Volkswagen emission scandal, which is still ongoing, will hit the big screen soon after actor and producer Leonardo di Caprio inked up a deal with Paramount and book proposal with Jack Ewing.
"The Volkswagen scandal is heading to the big screen. Paramount and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way have acquired the rights to a book proposal by Jack Ewing," the Hollywood Reporter wrote.
"Ewing's book will investigate how a 'more, better, faster' ethos fueled one of the greatest frauds in corporate history. The German car company had programmed their diesel cars so that U.S. standards emissions were met only when the car was undergoing emissions testing. On the road, emissions rates were up to 40 times higher."
The Volkswagen scandal broke out in 18th of September this year after the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Violation of the Clean Air Act to German automaker Volkswagen Group, one of the largest automakers in the world.
The German firm is accused of cheating its emission test for cars with model year 2009 through 2015. The company allegedly used a turbocharged direct injection (TDI) diesel engine to help US standards nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions pass laboratory emissions testing. The America agency said this procedure is a defeat device and is not approved by the Clean Air Act.
The scandal has severely damaged Volkswagen. CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned in the wake of Volkswagen emission scandal while multiple countries had a crackdown on their models.
The company also slashed around €1 billion in their spending for its passenger-car brand and speed up cost cuts. They also vow to "a different technology for treating diesel emissions in Europe and North America "as soon as possible."
"This admission should clearly have come much sooner - a further serious mistake," said Stephan Weil, prime minister of the German state of Lower Saxony and a Volkswagen board member.
"Who decided this course of action and when is also something that's being investigated."
