VW has admitted fitting cars with devices which recognise emissions tests are being carried out and turn on full pollution controls.
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That number would represent about a fifth of the 580,000 cars and crossovers with diesel engines that are believed to violate their certification levels, says the newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, as reported by Reuters. “We are not commenting on ongoing investigations”, a spokesman at Wolfsburg-based VW said. “Here in the USA, we are working hard to do so, and are confident we will provide a good approved solution for our customers very soon”.
As Deiss said in his CES keynote address, although Volkswagen’s European Union-market cars are ready for repairs that allegedly won’t affect vehicle performance or fuel economy, the EPA is presenting unique challenges for the company’s U.S.-market vehicles thanks to its more stringent nitrogen regulations and easier carbon emissions requirements.
Volkswagen however in a statement said that it hoped to fix all the vehicles (8.5 million diesel cars) which it sold in Europe which do not cater to the emission standards by the end of 2016.
The German automaker saw its December sales in the US decline by 9 percent compared to the same month in 2014.
“We are in permanent exchange with U.S. authorities and are cooperating closely with them”.
Some accounts of the fines that VW could be forced to pay suggested a figure of $48 billion – much greater than the amount that VW has committed to dealing with the fallout from the scandal – though a specific final figure was not cited in the Department of Justice suit.
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The US has sued Volkswagen alleging that almost 600,000 diesel vehicles, including all its brands, had illegal defeat devices installed resulting in excess harmful emissions and the German automobile giant faces penalties well above Dollars 20 billion.
It was not clear if VW’s internal probe will examine the documents being withheld from the state AGs.
VW has since embarked on the process “of redefining and re-engineering every aspect of the company”, he said, adding that the “new VW” stands for affordable electric mobility, fully connected vehicles, autonomous driving and an entirely new user experience.
VW chief executive officer Matthias Mueller is expected to meet EPA representatives and politicians in Washington next week.
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“We will continue this vein but a lot more high tech”, he said.
