And I have to agree with them.
http://www.takepart.com/open-letter-to-california-air-resources-board-chairman-mary-nichols
Elon Musk and 44 other influential business people have urged California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols to have VW "cure the air, not the cars."
Instead of requiring the German automaker to attempt to recall and fix all of the 85,000 diesel vehicles it sold with software designed to cheat emissions tests -- a solution they label "costly," "impractical" and generally inefficient -- Musk and company propose California allocate its share of the settlement to accelerate the rollout of zero-emissions vehicles.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elon-musk-volkswagen-emissions-scandal_5674686de4b014efe0d56bba
The proposed recall will cost VW billions of dollars, in fact some say it may be cheaper for them to rebuy and scrap the cars. Besides being incredibly wasteful and requiring new cars to be manufactured, in the end, there will only be a minimal impact on auto pollution in California.
Face it, VW’s promise of low pollution, high performance diesel is a fiction — otherwise, they would have already done it successfully. Although I am not an expert, clean diesel reminds me of clean coal. It is just bad technology; we can do much, much better. Why throw away billions to virtually no effect, when that money could be used for R&D and to produce zero-emission vehicles? And there is a precedent for this, claims the open letter...
There is a precedent for this type of resolution. In the industry-wide 1990 diesel truck cheating scandal, the EPA chose not to require an interim recall but instead moved up the deadline for tougher standards to make up the difference. This proposal does the same for VW and ties the solution to a transition to zero emissions vehicles.
Sorry, I made a mess of the poll. I am actually interested on what the community thinks.
Yes — Develop Zero Emission vehicles.
No — Recall / destroy existing vehicles.