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Looking for the backgrounds of the exhaust scandal at carmaker VW VW more engineers now have to manipulation added. This emerges from a media report. The search for the main perpetrators go further, however.
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In the scandal over fake emission levels at Volkswagen of internal audit of the company are, according to a press release prior to first confessions. Several VW engineers have consistently testified in interviews to have installed the software manipulation in 2008, reported the newspaper “Bild am Sonntag”. At this time, have the diesel engine EA 189 which was developed at VW since 2005, confessed shortly before series production.
At the time, no solution had been found, with both the exhaust emission standards as well as the cost estimates for the motor had been complied with. Therefore it had been decided to use the manipulation software that VW engineers gave, according to the “Bild am Sonntag” report on record. Otherwise, the most important for the group motor project would therefore need to be stopped. The manipulated engines had been installed in diesel vehicles from VW worldwide. In Germany, 2.8 million cars are affected.
According to “Bild am Sonntag”It is unclear still, who gave instructions to install the software manipulation. In the interviews with the VW Group Revision several engineers had made allegations against the former head of development Ulrich Hackenberg. This was aware of fraud and allegedly even given him in order. For his role, however, subject contradictory statements before, the newspaper reported. Audi Board Hackenberg, who had worked as head of development for years at VW, had been on leave of absence a week ago. According to “Bild am Sonntag” he wanted to request not comment on the allegations
Continental:. No evidence of an abuse
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As the “Bild am Sonntag” reported further, used Volkswagen for manipulation and a software supplier Continental. While there have been used in the 2.0-liter diesel engines Bosch technology used in North America, VW has resorted in the smaller 1.6-liter version of the engine control systems, injection pumps and injectors from Continental.
Continental Spokesman Felix Gress said the “Bild am Sonntag”, his company had no evidence of a misuse of its technology had “. The delivered software could manipulate any exhaust emissions” The controversial program for the admission tests have VW added their own.
Together with suppliers, Volkswagen currently preparing a recall procedure to remove the forbidden technology from the diesel vehicles. While obviously satisfies a computer update on the shop floor at the Bosch software, it is noisy “BamS” expensive and complex, as are required in the Continental System and the engine changes. Among other issues, the injectors are replaced.
Source: n-tv.de
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