Audi software tampered with 3.0-liter diesel engine? – Donaukurier.de

Wolfsburg (DK / dpa) The Ingolstadt carmaker Audi is more affected by the VW-exhaust-Sandal, than anyone had imagined. The responsible development of the VW subsidiary 3.0-liter diesel engine is obviously equipped with a suspicious software

. For VW, the US construction site in the exhaust affair is getting bigger. The American environmental authorities have taken a further 75 000 cars targeted. At a meeting on Thursday representatives of the Group have acknowledged that all diesel vehicles of VW and Audi are equipped with 3.0-liter engines from model years 2009 through 2016, a suspicious software, shared the US environmental authorities EPA and CARB With. Meanwhile handed Volkswagen in the United States shortly before the expiry of an ultimatum initial proposals to tackle the exhaust scandal a.

The vehicles affected by the recent EPA announcement is according to the Authority by the Volkswagen Touareg and the Porsche Cayenne and order several luxury models from Audi. Already on November 2, the environmental authorities and the VW Group subsidiaries had confronted with a corresponding suspicion. To date, the years of construction was in this case, but only because about 10 000 cars were from 2014 to 2016 found.

The software is another, as already as a cheat program (“Defeat Device”) convicted whose manipulative use in Emission tests had admitted about 480 000 diesel vehicles with 2.0-liter engines VW in September. The second suspicious software “Auxiliary Emission Control Device” (aecD) called and also relates to the VW premium brand Porsche. VW has not always denied that the software at issue for the 3.0-liter models, a cheating program is

One thing is certain:. Showed CARB test results show that emission values ​​put to the test here significantly lower than during normal operation failed. A spokesman said, however, so far can not be said with certainty whether the – lying on a deliberate manipulation – like the 2.0-liter diesel models. An admission of guilt by VW lay yet before. Anyway it was the group but failed to notify the US authorities the incorporation of the disputed software in accordance with regulations and must now face the consequences.

A VW spokesman declined this is not commenting on the weekend, pointing to the subsidiary Audi, which has developed the engine responsible for the VW Group. An Audi spokesman confirmed the number of affected vehicles from model years 2009 to 2016. He reiterated, however, but the offending software is not cheating program. It reacts to ambient temperatures and serve for quicker warm-up of the catalyst in the heating phase. The group was on detailed further in an interview with the US environmental authorities.

The speaker disagreed with a report in the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”, the Audi engineers have recognized that they would “cheat software” used. Unlike four-cylinder engines, the software of the six-cylinder engines can not detect whether the vehicle was tested on a test bench. It merely recognizes that it was software that was not adequately documented. “We believe that we need to make to the software a bit,” said Audi spokesman. At Audi there is now a task force. The problem will solved by a software update, what a low double-digit million euro amount would cost.

“Rupert Stadler drive the investigations on the objections raised by the EPA on November 2 allegations against Audi in person and with the support of internal and external Experts strongly ahead “, said a spokesman with on request of our newspaper. “More speculation on this issue, we do not comment in terms of a swift and comprehensive education.” A request as many Audis and what brand models affected, remained unanswered.

VW put Meanwhile in the US a recall plan for the approximately 480 000 affected by the affair manipulated measurements at emission tests vehicles of model years 2009 to 2015, with the 2.0-liter engines. This was announced by EPA and CARB at night with on Saturday. Details were not immediately known.

The guards now have up to 20 business days to consider the proposals. They had the Wolfsburgern set a deadline until midnight (local time). VW has not made details only vaguely on the timetable of the recall. Volkswagen USA CEO Michael Horn had said at a congressional hearing on 8 October, it will probably take several years until the complicated action is completed. VW announced, continue to cooperate fully with the authorities.

Although the full extent is not yet in sight, Volkswagen is the exhaust scandal already dearly. Given the immense costs of the Group has cut its investment -. Although VW CEO Matthias Müller made clear on Friday that for the time being no massive cuts are planned

The group did not want to save at the expense of the future, Mueller said on Friday after a supervisory board meeting in Wolfsburg. At the same time, he stressed: “We are going in the coming months on sight.” You’ll be in the next few weeks check more spending and possibly also emphasize or stretch. In the exhaust affair threatens billion cost.

For the coming year VW wants to limit capital expenditures to a maximum of twelve billion euros. That was about one billion euros less than the average of recent years. Mueller said VW plans to concentrate on the technologies of the future – these are the electric vehicles and the digitization of the industry with an increasing number of Internet in the car.