Exhaust scandal: VW subsidiary Audi is using prohibited software – THE WORLD

From the allegations of US authorities is assured: Even in larger diesel cars from VW and the Group subsidiaries Audi and Porsche has reduced exhaust emissions prohibited software. Audi announced Monday evening to the installation of a program in V6 TDI 3.0-liter engines, which is considered illegal cheat software in the US.

To date, the Group had only added in the US to have tricked targeted at 2.0-liter engines. When the exhaust gas scandal began to roll in September, who later resigned VW CEO Martin Winterkorn had quickly made a comprehensive confession of guilt on behalf of the Group. The allegations made in early November by the US Environmental Protection Authorities EPA and CARB against the larger, developed by the subsidiary Audi engine had been but so far always denied.

The Group strove to delineate the case of already gebeichteten scandal and as a supposed misunderstanding with the US overseers to represent a really legitimate software. Now Audi announced but to have the US authorities not disclosed a total of three programs since 2009 in approval procedures. One of them would be considered according to current US legislation as a “defeat device”. So EPA and CARB designate prohibited programs for manipulating gas readings.

Expensive litigation and high recall costs

“Defeat devices “, referred to in German as a defeat, to determine if a car is in the emission test. Only then the emission is fully activated. In normal operation, the air pollution is significantly higher than on the bench. The installation of such software violates US climate legislation and can have drastic penalties. VW threatens huge fines, costly litigation and high recall costs.

Although Audi also denies a deliberate deception. A spokesman said that it was in the disputed program is not a manipulation software “Then the system would have to act on the test bench, unlike on the road – but that’s not the case, the vehicle does not recognize when it is put to the test.. ” For the US regulators but one that the software is illegal in the United States, and the manufacturer has not duly registered for years.

Audi claims it has information with the environmental authorities agreed further steps of cooperation and promised full cooperation. The ban on sales of the affected models had been extended until further notice. The Company will finalize the program now, documented in detail and submit for approval again in the US. The company estimates the financial cost to “an average double-digit millions”.

In Europe, it comes slowly

Audis declaration does not alter the approach of the authorities, said a CARB spokesman. Only on Friday they had threatened with additional punishments. Previously, it was revealed that the software has been installed not only in Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche models built between 2014 to 2016, but has been used since of 2009. Thereby, the number of affected cars increased from 10,000 to 85,000. These come in the United States more than 480,000 VW and Audi cars with 2.0-liter diesel, in which the Group had added manipulations in September.

Meanwhile, VW is at least in Europe ahead in addressing the scandal. For more than 90 percent of the affected Group vehicles in Europe now solutions were confirmed CEO Matthias Mueller said in Wolfsburg on Monday before some 1,000 executives. It should be the cost of retrofitting is “technically, technically and financially manageable.”

In cars with 1.6-liter engines are accordingly loud Müller no “basic procedures” on the engine needed – as VW had initially assumed. For cars and hardware measures are in addition to a software update, although necessary. But She explained that “relatively simple changes” at the air grille or the air filter cartridge, Müller said in the speech.

In the exhaust-software it comes to values ​​for the harmful nitrogen oxide. In mid-September had admitted to having provided eleven million diesel vehicles with these prohibited programs worldwide Volkswagen. In addition, VW but at 800,000 cars misrepresentation for emissions of harmful carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) had made. CEO Müller announced its intention to submit an interim report to the scandal in mid-December.

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