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With approximately 540,000 diesel vehicles of the Volkswagen Group in Germany, there will not be enough to simply replace the manipulated software with which the carmaker has manipulated exhaust emissions down. These cars greater technical changes are necessary in the Federal Motor Vehicle Office said on Monday. At the same time, the VW supervisory authority called on to inform the car owners about the necessary changes.

                         
         
         
                                                             
                             

Author:. Carsten Germis, economics correspondent in Hamburg Follow:

Background The Communication is ordered by the authority Recall of 2.4 million diesel cars in the Federal Republic, which will begin in early 2016th VW had with these cars – most are up to 10 million vehicles to be affected – the software manipulated so that exhaust volumes were significantly lower in emissions test than in normal operation. It is about different models. VW had previously been informed that pure software intervention only for cars with more than 2 liters capacity are possible; has in the other models more on the engine technology be changed.

                         
         
         
                                                             

In Wolfsburg, the Supervisory Board of the Group dealt, meanwhile with the investigation of the scandal. In addition to become known in September millions of manipulated nitrogen oxide emission levels in diesel engines, the inspectors involved in VW also with the admission of the group, VW had also at the information the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and manipulated for consumption. It also affects gasoline. The environmental organization Greenpeace used the meeting of the most important men in the group in Wolfsburg for their protest: activists climbed onto one of the starting gates of the factory and called on banners more transparency in emission tests

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The first Supervisory Board also dealt with the new revelations of the VW internal investigators, according to which employees of the research and development department have raised serious allegations against the former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn. The ambitious goals of the now retired Winterkorn had not been reached by legal means, it said. At the same time a hierarchical corporate culture have at VW but ruled with fear and a climate of intimidation in which opposition not to have been possible.

                         
         
         
                                                             

In order to regain the lost trust of the customers wants, apparently appease VW customers and business partners in the United States with shopping vouchers worth up to $ 1,169 converted. The reported the online magazine “The Truth About Cars”. Up to $ 750 may be freely available redeemed only at VW dealerships, but the rest. The US Environmental Protection Agency had made the scandal public in September. In response to the considerations to issue vouchers in America, 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.

                         
         
         
                                                                                   

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The circular Volkswagen logo was unceremoniously in the protest integrated. On the roof of the entrance of the Wolfsburg-based carmaker Greenpeace members protested against rigged CO2 levels at VW. The Group had recently acknowledged that at 800,000 vehicles at low CO2 values ​​indicated, and therefore false promises were made in the consumption. More

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VW have to rebuild 540,000 cars

Carsten Germis

In the largest recall of VW company history reaches a pure software update in hundreds of thousands of cases, not out - In Germany alone, 540,000 cars have to be rebuilt. The Supervisory Board, meanwhile, deals with new revelations.

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