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The troubled German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) has announced it will recall aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover 11 million cars aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover the emissions tests scandal that has mired the company aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover controversy. Some industry analysts predict the recall could cost the auto manufacturer more than $6.5 billion. Last week, VW admitted cheating aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover diesel emissions tests aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover the United States and Europe. It manipulated data to falsely show that VW cars were a lot more fuel-efficient than was really the case. The company is Europe's largest carmaker and employs aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover 750,000 people. It has lost more than a third aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover its market value aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover stock markets and has badly tarnished its reputation as being a leader aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover clean energy.

Chief executives aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover VW could face criminal charges aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover the scandal. Olaf Lies, a Volkswagen board member, told the BBC TV programme Newsnight that some staff acted criminally aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover emission tests. He said: "Those people who allowed this to happen, or who made the decision to install this software, acted criminally. They must take personal responsibility." He added: "We only found aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover about the problems aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover the last board meeting, shortly before the media did. I want to be quite open, so we need to find aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover why the board wasn't informed earlier aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover the problems when they were known about aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover a year ago aboutaroundatfollowinginofonoutover the United States."