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If KBA approves a plan, Volkswagen can then start handling the cars. The German authorities require that Volkswagen remove the software and that Volkswagen ensures that emission rules are fulfilled. [159] Media estimates that the KBA procedure sets a precedent for how authorities in other countries handle the case. [164] [108]
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel Sedan was awarded Green Car of the Year.The award was rescinded in early October 2015. On 18 September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said beginning in 2008 the car maker fraudulently installed engine control unit (ECU) software determined to be a "defeat device", in violation of the Clean Air Act, to circumvent environmental ...
A tested Porsche Cayenne, emission standard Euro 6, exceeds the limit by 2.4 times at +10 to +16 °C with an average of 191 mg NO x /km after the software update. In addition, the vehicle with a carbon dioxide emissions of 179 g CO 2 /km is permitted, but in real operation on the road, according to DUH, the emissions are on average 241 g CO 2 /km.
"The Volkswagen issue is another black eye for the diesel engine overall," Mike Jackson, the chief executive of the AutoNation , the largest U.S. car retailer, told CNBC, adding the "brand ...
Germany's Transport Ministry said on Sunday there was no fresh news in a Bild am Sonntag report that Volkswagen (VOWG.DE) engineers told investigators certain petrol engines in VW, Audi and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Volkswagen AG's bid to avoid lawsuits filed by officials in three states seeking damages stemming from the German automaker's diesel ...
The emissions violations include cars produced by Volkswagen's American division, where Horn is currently CEO. Horn has admitted his company "screwed up" by using the vehicle's software to reduce emissions when it detects an emission testing, but allowing the diesel engines to produce pollutants above the legal limit under normal operating ...
Via the settlement, Volkswagen is trying to turn the page on its biggest ever corporate crisis in which it admitted using illegal software to rig diesel engine tests in the United States.