I was able to come up with this research question by reviewing my past ILPs. I wanted to keep the focus of my project to stay on the topic of automobiles and global warming. I started off with Voltzwagon scandal and getting good information from it. Then I would search for more information on about my topic. I was able to find an article about persuading people to own electric vehicles and getting rid of their cars while explaining the complexity of completing this task. 

My first Information Literacy Project was about Sony and Microsoft but I felt that it not have as much information as global warming. So I changed to automotive and global warming. This would give me a lot more information to write about and display a better argument. 

I first learned about the Voltzwagen scandal from my teacher last semester. He wanted me to go search about the what happened to Voltzwagen. I searched it and learned that they cheated on their emissions testing so they would get better sales but they got caught in the act. They had to recall a lot cars to fix the software on them. My teacher was not so happy about it because he had just purchased a car from Voltzwagen and now he has to wait more for it to get to him. I felt interested in this topic for my paper because I felt that I could better explain this and the major problem of air pollution. 

I chose this topic because I have always liked cars and to work on them. They are my reason to become a Mechanical Engineer. I always wanted to help my father with his car and learn more about technology. When I learned about the Voltzwagen scandal I felt that it tied more into the topic of global warming so I chose to make them my general topic. 

I do not consider myself a stakeholder for this topic. I am not apart of Voltzwagen in any way or any other car makers. I would consider the stakeholders to be the people recently bought a car. Others would be anyone involved with eco-friendly organizations. The people who bought the cars from Voltzwagen would have to give them back so they could fix the problem. This could leave some people without transportation and it would cause more problems for their individual lives.

I already knew about the Voltzwagen scandal. I felt that Voltzwagen should not have resorted to this even. I will study both sides of the argument and give equal reasoning on both matters. I do not know about the type of software used on the cars and hope to find out more about it. I found out about how many cars were made with this hardware. This controversy also put other companies in question too.

When I went about writing  about this topic I wanted to learn more about Voltzwagen and the other automotive companies efforts on global warming. It would show that Voltzwagen clearly worried about sales rather than pollution regulations. Other companies and organizations wanted to build electric cars that would have longer battery life. The main thing both parties worried about was sales. They needed money to make this happen.

I want the reader to know about what it takes for automobile companies to produce less pollution causing cars. I believe that I can get this into 8-10 pages. I would have to find more research on the topic. One would learn more about air pollution and more about the secrets of automotive companies like Voltzwagen. 

I would have to make my research question more general than it would be. Some would feel that it still could be a one answer question so I have to make it have multiple outcomes. My question had only pertained to Voltzwagen and automotive companies in general but I have to widen out the scope and complexity of the question. The controversy is very well known and applies globally. I will have to explain more about global warming and explain that automotive companies are one the causes of it. 

To conclude, I will have to find more information on the topic and change my reasoning so it will make 8-10 pages. Since global warming applies to everyone it would be a better course of action. I hope to learn more about cars along with finding information on the topic.
