The arrangement of eight million cars affected in Europe, including Portugal, will take a year. While in the workshop, the group will provide “mobility options”
The repair plan of Volkswagen cars with the software that handles emission levels has been defined by the company and approved by the authorities German. The collection and arrangement of the cars will run throughout 2016.
The automobile manufacturer will repair, first, the 1.6 engine and 2.0 EA 189, which covers most of the eight million cars affected in Europe. Out are also diesel engines 1.2, which repair plan will be presented to the German authorities by the end of this month. “Once implemented technical measures, the vehicles will meet the required emissions levels,” according to VW.
In the US, where there are 480,000 cars with the handler software, auto regulator of California gave VW 45 days to get to the workshops and repair the affected cars. But in Europe, the car maker is more vague as the term (because there are many more cars needing arrangement), “VW will ensure that the time taken to implement technical measures is as short as possible for all customers “says only.
When contacted by DN / Mad Money, SIVA, national importer of cars of the German company, still does not give any details about the measures that will be taken in Portugal, referring to the statement of the parent. In Portugal, there are 125,491 cars of the brands VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat that were caught in the scandal emissions. The collection and repair of cars will begin in January 2016 and lasted throughout the year, and the company ensures that it will minimize the impact to customers. . “The VW will ensure that appropriate mobility options will be offered to all customers at no cost”
In the 1.6 engines, the repair will be done in two parts: first, with a software update; then, the installation of a “flow adapter” a cylindrical part placed in front of the air filter that smoothes the flow of air, making the measurement more efficient emission (computer graphics view). According to VW, this repair should take less than an hour. Already in 2.0 engines will be made only updating the software. With this solution, VW believes it will be possible to meet the European parameters “no adverse effects on engine power, fuel consumption and performance.”
New research
A day after the German justice has presented the second formal investigation into VW, on suspicion of tax evasion, the automobile manufacturer once again become the focus of attention of the authorities. On Wednesday, the US environmental regulator and the prosecution of Ingolstadt in the German state of Bavaria, have launched new investigations into the company, yesterday reported the Wall Street Journal.
This time, the authorities German are investigating officials, whose identity was not disclosed, Audi, which will have installed on diesel engines the software that allows the manipulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
Shortly after the news of the WSJ have been disclosed, Reuters moved that Audi has suspended two engineers, after last Thursday, VW and Audi have notified the US authorities that diesel engines 3.0 85 thousand Audi V6 were equipped with unapproved software by US regulators. Audi is now investigate whether officials deliberately manipulated the levels of emissions. Depending on the findings, these employees will be brought to justice.
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