Search for Renault: No fraud software – HNA.de

Paris – The VW-exhaust scandal has rocked the car world. A report on searches at the French manufacturer Renault provides immediately for great nervousness on the stock exchange -. But appeased the carmaker

searches in connection with the VW-exhaust affair have share of the French automaker Renault temporarily sent into a tailspin. The company confirmed the investigation on Thursday and told to cooperate fully with the authorities

It referred, however, to test a commission appointed by the government. According to preliminary information provided by the Environment Ministry is in the process have been found in Renault vehicles no fraudulent software, so Renault. Volkswagen had manipulated using software exhaust test on diesel vehicles.

In addition to the first tests investigating the Antibetrugs- and competition authority DGCCRF by the French Ministry of Economic Affairs, it was said of Renault continues , From these studies, but the company expects a confirmation of the previous results. The Authority did not respond on Thursday initially to a request.

were the visits of investigators at headquarters and two other Renault sites in the past week, first by the union CGT been disclosed. The equity of the Group were then in Paris around 20 percent. Later, the price recovered but again, in the afternoon he was around 10 percent in the red. The values ​​of the competitor PSA Peugeot Citroen slumped temporarily off.

According to the CGT, the investigators took multiple computers with. Functionary Florent Grimaldi told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, due to the affected areas, a connection with the exhaust affair had been suspected. Renault had announced last year, 50 million euros to invest in order to reduce the differences between the real emissions and the values ​​in normalized emissions test. Even then, the automaker had stressed, he may set a no fraud software.

had the scandal of the rigged exhaust emissions at Volkswagen German carmaker last in the most serious crisis the Group’s history overthrown. It threatens costly recalls and penalties, particularly in the US. In France, the government had then arranged sampling exhaust tests on 100 vehicles.

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