the Audi developed the software to falsify the data of NOx emissions in 1999, said the German newspaper Handelsblatt
a. Volkswagen, the largest car manufacturer in Europe, admitted in September last year have used fraudulent software to manipulate the results of pollutant emissions tests on more than 11 million of its diesel vehicles.
the German newspaper , citing sources close to the automotive industry and the company itself, it reveals that in 1999, the Audi engineers have developed a fraudulent software capable of changing emissions tests, but did not come to be used in vehicles of the brand.
However, when six years later, Volkswagen engineers were not able to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides of their vehicles – so as not to exceed the limits imposed by law – began to install software developed by Audi …
Both VW and Audi refused to comment on the information advanced by the German newspaper.
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