German authorities probe VW's Porsche for manipulation software

Germany is investigating whether Volkswagen's (VW) sportscar brand Porsche used software to disguise exhaust emissions, the country's car industry regulator said on Thursday, in a fresh blow to VW's attempts to move on from a 15 month-old scandal. Germany's Motor Transport Authority, KBA, said it was examining software that can measure the angle of a car's steering wheel. At stake is whether Porsche used software to detect whether its cars were being subjected to laboratory tests, using this inf