The Federal motor transport authority deals with a new Problem in the case of Volkswagen. The car maker stresses, to have the authorities alerted. “Diesel’s gate” will occupy the group for a long time.
Wolfsburg – car manufacturer VW have been recorded in the internal controls of the new emission Software for diesel vehicles “abnormalities”. Subsequently, the company have informed “immediately” of the force travel Federal office, shared with Volkswagen on Sunday. Previously, the “Bild am Sonntag had reported” about it.
According to VW, it is diesel vehicles with 1.2-Liter motors of the type EA 189. “In the short term, and as a precautionary measure, the ongoing implementation of the technical solutions for diesel models with 1.2-litre was jointly decided-motors of the type EA189 first of all, to continue to suspend”, the company said.
The Federal Ministry of transport informed that the Problem was known. “The process is in testing at the force travel Federal office.” VW said: “at the beginning of January dates have been agreed, in order to drive the further examination and analysis together with high pressure.”
the government and the car industry rely on Software Updates as a key Instrument to reduce emissions of pollutants is relatively fast. In many cities the limit values for air pollution are exceeded. Courts have arranged for several cities driving bans to be implemented in the new year.
The car maker had in August of 2015, compared to US authorities to have millions of diesel engines, the exhaust gas purification manipulated. The VW group has accounted for due to the diesel scandal, more than 28 billion euros Kalebet in legal costs. For the end of the year, the company expects to 5.5 billion euros, “diesel gate”costs. “In the coming year, we expect a sum of about two billion euros, and by 2020 it should be around a billion,” said VW’s chief financial officer, Frank Witter of the “Börsen-Zeitung” (Saturday).
He acknowledged: “The processing will take a long time.” So capacity elsewhere missing had, such as in the case of the changeover to the new Standard WLTP. “Real relaxation no speech can be,” said Witter.
dpa
