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hundreds of thousands of owners of VW Diesels Post will receive soon. Because with around 540,000 vehicles expected a quick software update exhaust manipulations not fix.
With over half a million diesel vehicles Volkswagen is the exhaust-tampering not only with a simple software can leave Update. The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) assume that around 540,000 cars greater technical changes would have to be carried out. This
announced on Monday the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin.
Details were not immediately known. The conditions for hardware changes – this could include such interventions on the engine and the catalytic converter -. To the affected customers by VW know
recall of 2.4 million cars
Background is arranged from KBA mandatory recall of 2.4 million cars, which will begin in early 2016th This involves various engine and vehicle models. To what exactly is at the approximately 540,000 vehicles, was not immediately known. VW had already communicated that for cars with 2.0 liter displacement pure software solutions are sufficient. For other models, adjustments in engine technology are beyond necessary – ie changes not only in programming
According to dpa information about three million vehicles with the affected 1.6-liter diesel are Europe go.. On the larger model with a 2.0 liter engine accounts for about 4.6 million cars, 340 000 have the small engine with 1.2 liters. In addition to these a total of around eight million cars with Euro 5 standard VW is voluntarily recalling 500 000. Diesel back that only meet Euro 3 and Euro. 4
processing of exhaust gas crisis continues
In mid-October, the KBA Volkswagen had agreed to the planned first as a voluntary product recall. According to Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), they will probably last until the end of 2016th Notwithstanding the new figures from Berlin met on Monday, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen on the factory premises in Wolfsburg for further processing of the gas crisis. Previously had already come together the parent Bureau for consultations in the morning.
were accompanied the renewed crisis meetings of massive protests of environmental group Greenpeace. On the roof of the main entrance several activists protested with placards against the
millions of diesel manipulations and false CO2 and fuel consumption of diesel and petrol vehicles. They called for claims to increase transparency and unvarnished exhaust data.
coupons in the US
To the lost confidence among its customers and business partners in the US to win back this will appease with vouchers Volkswagen. Owners of diesel cars should get as compensation prepaid cards worth 1000 US dollars (about 930 euros) and a free roadside assistance for three years, according to an information letter, which was present dpa. Accordingly, the VW customers in return must also do without the money to pay their right of action.
In response to the voucher campaign in the US called consumer advocates a similar scheme for German customers. “The company has to stand up to its responsibilities,” said Klaus Mueller, Chief Executive of the Federation of German Consumer Association (vzbv), the “Rheinische Post”. “That’s why those vouchers were in Germany the minimum in order to compensate the affected consumers.” Similarly, the Greens expressed:. “We need a bigger and better compensation for consumers”, party leader Simone Peter
nitrogen oxide and CO2
said since mid-September Europe’s largest carmaker in the most serious crisis of VW’s corporate history. Wolfsburg’s threatening because of the manipulations billion cost and criminal investigations
The scandal had last week even expanded. VW said that there was also the emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) “irregularities”. So far, Europe’s largest carmaker put 6.7 billion euros for the nitric oxide problem back. The “economic risks” in the newly added CO2 problem were initially estimated at an additional 2 billion euros. ( dpa ) / (AXK)
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