Was the lady who exposed the VW scandal Greek?

Anna Stefanopoulou, the Greek mechanical-engineering professor and engine expert at the University of Michigan, who reportedly exposed the Volkswagen emmissions scandal burst the Greek media bubble with a statement on her site:

I was not involved in the research or data analysis that exposed the VW issue as some Greek language articles and blogs stated.

The data analysis for the VW emissions was done in West Virginia University’s Center for Alternative Fuels Engines and Emissions.

I am an expert in powertrain control. When interviewed in http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/your-car-computer-good-or-bad-thing/, I was explaining the fundamental challenges in reducing emissions and fuel consumption at low cost, and the electronic algorithms involved.

It’s a pity, because Greeks would have liked for a Greek woman to cause German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble the same headache that he caused Greece. Instead, another lady stepped in to take revenge… Karma!

Regardless of who broke the scandal, the results are the same. The reputation of “German engineering” is left tarnished, customers are enraged and the fallout could infact Germany’s economy, swaying a fragile eurozone with it as it has already wiped billions from VW shaers, posing a bigger threat to the German economy than the Greek crisis.

The real person who exposed the scandal was an unassuming West Virginia engineer, Daniel Carder, aged 45. Carder and his small research team at West Virginia University proved that Volkswagen AG was cheating on U.S. vehicle emissions tests while working on a $50,000 study.