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U.S. Volkswagen hearing will have implications for industry, EPA

Volkswagen’s top U.S. executive on Thursday will field questions from U.S. lawmakers on how the automaker managed to evade pollution rules, kicking off a congressional probe into the scandal and whether other automakers might be implicated. Any issue with EPA’s operations could lead Congress to request independent government inquiries of the agency by the watchdog Government Accountability Office and the EPA Inspector General, the aides said.