France is planning to hold tests that involve a sample of 100 vehicles to ensure that the cars on their roads are not equipped with the VW software that changes the performance of diesel engines in terms of emissions.
The advanced news by the newspaper The Guardian reports that after a meeting with automakers Renault and Peugeot Citroën (PSA) and the Minister of Environment of France, Segolene Royal said on television ‘BFM’ that will be held “random testing of a sample of about 100 vehicles to establish whether they are equipped with deceptive software.”
The European Commission encouraged the Member States to conduct investigations at national level after confirmation the minister of the German Transport that were sold in Europe VW cars equipped with the system that handles the results of emissions tests.
“I invite all Member States to conduct investigations at national level” , said Lucia Caudet, the European Commission spokesman, quoted by ‘Bloomberg’ today.
On Tuesday, VW announced that more than 11 million diesel cars worldwide have been equipped to the type of engine that could skew the emissions data.
The German government has also launched an investigation into the matter, because the VW group has a significant weight in the German economy. The German State holds a shareholding of 20% in the VW group.
Tomorrow, the German manufacturer will publish a list of vehicles affected by the manipulation of greenhouse gases in diesel engines, today said a spokesman the company quoted by ‘Efe’. Some models include motor ‘EA 189′ are, for example, “golf”, “Jetta ‘,’ Passat ‘or’ Beetle ‘Volkswagen and Audi A3. There are also models of Seat and Skoda.
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