The Audi, part of the Volkswagen group (VW), admitted on Monday that 2.1 million of its diesel vehicles are equipped with software that allows you to falsify the results of pollutant emissions. . For now, we identified 577,000 vehicles affected in Germany and 13,000 cars in the US
The German brand is thus the second of the VW group – in addition to the Seat (and own Volkswagen) – to admit that their vehicles are involved in the scandal. The revelation is made after a week marked by controversy involving Volkswagen. The fraudulent system that the company used to mask the emissions in its diesel vehicles has been exposed and VW ended up losing almost 38% on the stock market in just three days.
A total of about 11 million diesel cars in the world are equipped with the device concerned. Following the scandal, the president of the German group, Martin Winkerton, eventually resign. It was replaced by the president of Porsche, Matthias Mueller.
Sources quoted by Reuters show that Volkswagen already suspended the investigation chiefs and development of the Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche, but investor confidence continues to fall – the actions of the German company were to depreciate over 7% on Monday
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