Fraudulent software repair will take less than 1 hour, says VW – Globo.com

The German car maker Volkswagen presented the first technical solutions to adapt to the norms cars equipped with software that adulterava the results of pollutant emissions, according to France Press. According to the company, the measure will require less than 1 hour of work in the shop.

The Volkswagen admitted equipped million diesel engines with software capable of falsifying the measurements of nitrogen oxide emissions as well as the carbon dioxide emission levels in other 800 000 gasoline vehicles.

“The Volkswagen group presented the KBA (German regulator) its concrete technical solutions to the EA189 engines of 1.6 liter and 2 liters of displacement, “said the automaker in a statement.

In the case of 2.0 engines that equip the pickup Amarok in Brazil production, a program update, which” will require for half an hour back work. “

In the 1.6 liter car (not sold in Brazil) a current converter on the engine should be installed” on the air flow meter. ” The repair should take “less than an hour,” says the company.

As for the 1.2 liter engines, the technical solution will be presented to KBA later this month and “probably consist of a software update “.

After the repairs, the vehicles in question will henceforth observe the limits for nitrogen oxide emissions, which results from the burning of diesel.

From January, Volkswagen group, which has 12 brands (including Seat, Skoda, Audi, Porsche and MAN and Scania trucks) is expected to announce a recall of 8.5 million vehicles. In Brazil, at least 17,000 Amarok units will be called.

The company’s president, Matthias Müller, said on Monday that the solutions involve more than 90% of the vehicles of the group in Europe.

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Volkswagen will not reduce the planned provisions of € 6.7 billion for pollutants emission scandal costs for diesel vehicles, although the repair technician has proved easier than expected, reported Reuters.

The company is seeking to € 20 billion in bank financing as struggle to cope with the expected costs of the scandal, which analysts say could reach the € 40 billion including fines, legal complaints and repair of vehicles.

But although the total cost of the scandal is unclear, VW has no plans to amend the existing provisions, said a spokesman.