The Volkswagen Group, the largest manufacturer of vehicles in Europe, denied on Monday that its engine 3-liter V6 diesel also contains software that manipulate the data of greenhouse gas emissions.
The German company responded in a statement to the press release issued today by the Environmental Media Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States, which is alleged to have used in most engines software that reduces the emissions when the vehicle is a test.
“Volkswagen wants to emphasize that did not install any software on the 3-liter V6 engines to change the emissions forbidden way,” says the brief company statement.
The company said it was informed by US environmental authorities that the EPA announced the discovery “that vehicles with V6 TDI engines have a software function that was not described properly” to request the relevant permissions.
Despite the denial, Volkswagen proved willing to “cooperate fully with the EPA to fully clarify this.”
Earlier, the EPA announced that the Porsche Cayenne 2015 has also installed illegal software that hides the actual emissions from their diesel engines and increased the number of Volkswagen and Audi models engineered to meet the maximum levels of environmental laws of the United States.
The new notice of violation of the laws issued by the EPA includes models 2014-2016 equipped with diesel engines of 3 liters of the Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche.
The EPA identified as models affected the Volkswagen Touareg 2014 Porsche Cayenne 2015 and Audi A6 Quattro, Quattro A7, A8, A8L and Q5.
The US agency specified that the alleged manipulation “joins” to what was discovered on September 18 and that affects the vehicles of the Volkswagen Group equipped with engines of 2 liters diesel models the years 2009 to 2015 .
“Volkswagen again failed to comply with the obligation to fit the bill that protects the air for all Americans,” he said in a statement Cynthia Giles, deputy director of the EPA’s compliance assurance office.
“All companies should follow the same rules. The EPA will investigate these serious issues to ensure the benefits of the Clean Air Act and the same set of rules for responsible companies,” added Giles.
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