Volkswagen’s American CEO Michael Horn told House subcommittee his company's admission of rigging diesel cars to bypass emission test was " deeply troubling" .
There are currently around 155,000 registered hybrid and electric vehicles on German roads, dwarfed by the 45 million gasoline and diesel cars driving there now.
Senior directors of the German carmaker Volkswagen are meeting today to discuss what actions to take after the company was scolded manipulating its diesel car emissions tests.