After searches: No fraud software at Renault – Autohaus

+++ +++ UPDATE The exhaust scandal at Volkswagen has rocked the car world. Now there are searches at Renault – what a great nervous looking at the stock exchange as soon as possible. The French manufacturer appeased.

The French automaker Renault is due verifications under pressure, which were arranged after the exhaust gas scandal at Volkswagen. Sample testing of vehicles by Renault and several non-French brands have found the exceeding of emission standards, told France’s Environment Minister Segolene Royal on Thursday.

Shortly before had become known that anti-fraud investigators had searched several locations of Renault. This sent the stock price plummeting. The company stressed, however, that in its vehicles any fraud software is unlike Volkswagen been found. Royal confirmed this.

The standard violations it comes to the values ​​of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide. The other marks concerned did not name the minister. Paris had arranged the random tests after became known last September that Volkswagen had manipulated using software exhaust test on diesel vehicles. A total of 100 inspections are planned vehicles, 22 vehicles were tested so far.

Renault had accepted to propose solutions next week a Commission, Royal said. In an announcement, the company promised to quickly submit a emission plan and to cooperate fully with the authorities.

Investigators of competition and anti-fraud authority of the French Ministry of Economic Affairs had in the last week the headquarters and two other Renault -Locations visited, as the company confirmed on Thursday. The authority initially did not comment. According to the carmaker, the investigations

will confirm that no fraud software was used. The searches were first published by the CGT trade union. The share price of the Group fell then on Thursday temporarily by more than 20 percent. He later recovered somewhat, at market close he stood a good ten percent in minus. Renault had already announced last year, 50 million euros to invest in order to reduce the differences between the real emissions and the values ​​in standardized emission tests.

The exhaust gas scandal at VW had the German carmakers plunged into the most serious crisis the Group’s history. It threatens costly recalls and penalties, particularly in the US.

Criticism from environmentalists

German environmental and consumer advocates have criticized overlooking Paris, the federal government and requested timely to publish the results of the inspections of diesel vehicles of all manufacturers. “While France is, abducted Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt four months after the start of the exhaust scandal continued its Enlightenment”, informed Greenpeace transportation expert Daniel Moser. (dpa)

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