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WOLFSBURG / HANOVER (Reuters) – In the middle of the exhaust affair sends Volkswagen & lt; VOW3.ETR & gt; its employees at its German plants in extended factory closures. Production will there come to a halt between December 17th and January 11th 2016th In general, the plants are closed during periods without demand overhang between Christmas Eve and New Year. The only exception in this year is the new product generation of the Tiguan, which will be produced at the Wolfsburg plant up to and including December 18, due to the demand and current preparations. Its production should be resumed and on January 4, said a VW spokesman on Thursday.
In the main plant in Wolfsburg to be performed on non-working days around Christmas and New Year then remodeling and maintenance activities , Meanwhile, on Thursday went the processing of the exhaust-scandal unabated. In South Korea, the Group more than 125 000 cars have to call into the workshops for alleged tampered emissions. Lt According to its own emission tests on several models of the VW and Audi brands &; NSU.ETR & gt; since last month with a fine of 14.1 billion Won occupied the Ministry of Environment in Seoul German carmaker also (11.6 million euros).
The tests had shown that VW the emission values for vehicles with diesel engines have glossed over, the authority said on Thursday. Volkswagen Korea must therefore submit to January 6 recall a concrete plan for 125,522 diesel vehicles. Affected are cars with EA-189 engines that were sold mainly 2008-2015, including the popular in South Korea Tiguan.
After the announcement of the exhaust gas scandal at VW South Korea also had special investigations at the VW -models Jetta, Golf and Beetle and the Audi A3 performed. Volkswagen had admitted to having tampered with the aid of software exhaust test. For the conversion of up to 11 million affected worldwide EA-189 engines VW has traveled 6.7 billion euros according to own data. South Korea intends to expand the more stringent tests to other manufacturers and take diesel models from 16 car manufacturers under the magnifying glass.
In the scandal, however, the pressure on the VW Group in the United States is now rising even with larger diesel engines. The California Environmental Protection Agency CARB announced that she had Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche set a deadline of 45 business days. During this period, a recall plan for the affected vehicles with 3.0-liter diesel engines must be submitted. The US Environmental Protection Agency declared that the recall order restricting formally initially in California. Previously, VW had to eliminate the manipulation but not submitted plans,
VW said an EPA spokeswoman. Had admitted to having the US authorities not disclosed a total of three programs since 2009 in approval procedures. One of them will be considered according to current US legislation as prohibited software for manipulating exhaust measurements. It affects more than 85 000 vehicles, of which about 15 000 in California. In addition, VW has tricked in the US at more than 480 000 cars with smaller 2.0-liter diesel engines. In mid-September had admitted that it had equipped eleven million diesel vehicles with illegal software programs worldwide Volkswagen.
In addition to the exhaust gas scandal, Volkswagen must now also deal with problems with a software that is responsible for charging the car battery and is intended to save fuel. A VW spokesman confirmed the relevant information of the newspaper “Die Welt”. Were affected all newer models with combustion engines that were built in the Group from the 22nd calendar week. Under certain circumstances, this does not work, the so-called recuperation – charging the battery by the energy generated during rolling. It relieves the alternator, their use reduces the engine power.
“The topic, however, is not customer-relevant,” said the spokesman. Only in six to seven years, when the battery of the new cars should weaken and must be recharged externally via charger cable with the ignition on, the problem would show by the software error. However, only in a drive to re-cycling the ignition. According to VW, to be clarified in an interview with the Federal Motor Vehicle Office, if the software can be replaced as part of a normal car inspection. / Rec / na / dg / HBr / DP / STW
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