But on Wednesday, the USA accused the carmaker of fitting the devices on its larger 3.0 litre diesel vehicles, as well, charges VW adamantly denied.
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Volkswagen said an internal probe showed 800,000 cars had “unexplained inconsistencies” concerning their carbon-dioxide output. It has already made a provision of Euro 6.7 billion for fixing the affected vehicles, not counting the litigation costs, fines and compensation to the customers.
Volkswagen is voluntarily stopping the sale of a few new and used Volkswagen brand and Audi diesels in North America as it works to resolve new allegations from the Environmental Protection Agency.
VW is Europe’s biggest motor manufacturer, employing more than 750,000 people in Germany, and has been a symbol of the nation’s engineering prowess. The company found the additional problem as it investigated revelations that up to 11 million of its vehicles had software that allowed them to deceive emissions testers.
VW, Skoda, Audi and Seat vehicles could be affected and the company estimates the Carbon dioxide problem could cost it about €2bn (£1.4bn).
“It is a painful process, but for us there is no alternative”, said Mueller, who took over after CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned in September because of the emissions-rigging scandal.
VW is in talks with EPA to deal with the new issue.
The company has lost about a third of its stock value since its pollution scandal broke.
The disclosure could impact sales since road taxes are tied to Carbon dioxide emissions in a few European countries.
Automotive engineer John German works for the worldwide Council on Clean Transportation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to reducing vehicle emissions and is credited with helping to uncover the VW emissions scandal.
As with the smaller 2l liter engines, the 3 liter is also claim to have the defective software that was (according to source) created to cheat emission test. Now we can reveal that other the current update list of cars using the software: Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, and the 2016 Audi A6, A7, A8, A8L, and Q5.
The revelations add a new dimension to a crisis that had previously focused on VW cheating tests for smog-causing nitrogen oxide emissions.
The dirty cloud hanging over Volkswagen continues to grow.
“In all honesty that explanation doesn’t make any sense”, she said. VW said it will fully support the investigation.
Volkswagen disclosed this after it conducted its own emission tests.
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“Another week, another shock in the VW story”, Exane BNP Paribas analyst Stuart Pearson wrote in a note.
