Manufacturing cars and scandals 

I’m quite sure the VW diesel emissions story was fake or at least engineered somewhat. Could it be lever the company needed to resteer a corporate ship that was married to diesel, an out of favor technology? 
Volkswagen to shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs after scandal https://www.thestar.com/amp/business/2016/11/18/volkswagen-to-shed-30000-jobs-to-cut-costs-after-scandal.html