On Tuesday, the VW Group has revealed a further 800,000 vehicles exhibit emissions “irregularities”, but this time in relation to carbon dioxide levels on both diesel and gasoline engines.
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The emissions scandal widened on Tuesday with the EPA accusing the company of concealing the level of nitrogen oxide emissions during tests with the help of a special device fitted on its larger 3.0 litre diesel engines used in large sports vehicles.
Dobrindt said the European Union was working on tougher auto emissions tests for the future, which would include tests on the road as well as in the lab.
Most of the cars with the carbon dioxide problem are equipped with an engine line known as the EA 288, of which there are 1.4-litre, 1.6-litre and 2-litre versions.
“The Council requested Volkswagen Nigeria to within seven days of the receipt of its letter make available to it the number of affected vehicles in Nigeria, if any, steps taken to inform and sensitize consumers and efforts being made to facilitate quick recall of such vehicles in the country”. The inconsistencies are believed…
Volkswagen claimed it was ceasing sales not because the vehicles contained the cheating devices, but because it wanted to ensure that it fully understood the EPA’s regulations.
Embattled German automaker Volkswagen’s sales in South Korea plunged in October, apparently affected by the deepening emissions scandal, industry data showed Thursday.
It looks like we can no longer use the term “dieselgate” for the VW emissions scandal.
Volkswagen Group has reportedly halted United States sales of vehicles with 3.0-liter TDI diesel engines, affecting models from the Audi, VW and Porsche brands. Most have diesel engines, but a few have gas (petrol) engines. In South Korea, VW’s sales almost halved last month from a year earlier, according to data released yesterday.
Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen AG has already set aside euros 6.7 billion ($7.2 billion) to address its emission crisis.
US regulators and the German automaker have not yet revealed the expected recall schedule for nearly 500,000 vehicles sold in the USA market.
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The Porsche Cayenne and five Audi models, including the A6 sedan and Q5 SUV, are the models included in this new investigation. In this mode, the EPA found the VW, Audi and Porsche models spew up to nine times more nitrous oxides than allowed by law-a pollutant that causes smog and lung disease.
