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Four former Volkswagen executives received prison sentences Monday for their role in the

emissions cheating scandal that fundamentally

transformed Europe's car market. The verdict delivered after a three-year trial in Braunschweig,

Germany, marked the latest chapter in a 10-year-long saga that reshaped the continent's relationship

with diesel technology. Jens Hodler, who oversaw diesel engine development, received the harshest sentence of four

and a half years for orchestrating what judges called particularly serious fraud.

His team had installed software allowing vehicles to recognize emissions testing, temporarily

increasing pollution controls during inspections, while

running dirty the rest of the time. The scandal's impact extended far beyond corporate boardrooms.

Before 2015, diesel vehicles commanded over half of Europe's car market, marketed as

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