Once you have advanced that it was investigating the older version of the latest line of engines, Volkswagen ensures that these have not installed the software that handles emissions tests.
In were the engines EA288, which in 2012 replaced the fraudulent EA 189, and the first version was also designed in the Euro 5
The German group had announced already on Thursday that these engines were under research. However, in a statement sent to the German news agency DPA, Volkswagen is now clear that “there was no installed software that represents a forbidden blocking mechanism according to the law” on the EA288 engine type.
Reuters states that, despite having added no later than the Euro 5 version, or the Euro 6 engine EA 288 were installed emissions manipulation software, Volkswagen not specify what variants were examined how many vehicles are not affected.
Earlier, a spokesman for Volkswagen, quoted by the same agency, stated that the first versions of the EA288 engine were being detailed study targeted to assess whether this model has also been manipulated to circumvent the emissions testing.
So, it remains the number advanced by the group in September. Volkswagen then pointed to 11 million vehicles of the Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Seat to circulate fraudulent engines worldwide.
In the same month, the German company said it has reserved 6 provisions , 5 billion euros to deal with the emissions-fixing scandal, it is not yet possible to calculate the final cost.
With 8.5 million vehicles with fraudulent motor to circulate in the European Union, Volkswagen said on Wednesday that about three million cars would need deeper interventions than just a software update.
Also on Wednesday, the group announced that it would stop selling the vehicles still in dealer, so I could make the changes. In Portugal, there are about 250 vehicles with this problem to sell, and its marketing was suspended in late September by the heads of the brands in the country.
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