The Director of Government Affairs of Volkswagen Brazil, Antonio Megale engineer, spoke to the CPI of Cybercrime on Thursday (25). He acknowledged the existence of software in the cars of the brand that identifies the vehicles are being tested and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. This control is turned off in normal shooting situations, causing polluting cars beyond the level required in environmental legislation around the world.
The software is only installed on diesel cars. In Brazil, a single model, the Amarok pickup truck produced in Argentina and marketed between 2011 and 2012, has the defect. Are 17,057 cars that must pass a recall this semester for the exchange of software.
The Volkswagen came to be fined by IBAMA, but appealed the fine. The company’s engineer Antonio Megale said tests concluded that greenhouse gas emissions in these cars meet the limits of Brazilian legislation.
“We have already shown Ibama the results of numerous tests we did in Brazil and Germany where we show that at no time the emission limits have been exceeded, but still is within our program the installation of a new software that is in the final certification phase through a recall campaign, without prejudice to any customer . “
Lack of punishment
Mr JHC (PSB-AL), author of the request for hearing, said that cybercrime can happen online or offline. The existence of software that swindle the law, he said, is cause for concern. He complained about the delay in replacing the program and criticized the fact that the company even has paid the fine.
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“Brazil is still very lenient with these things if we compare it with what happened in other countries and what we adopt. What was the exemplary measure, which was the lesson, what was in relation to this case? Even to serve as an example for future devices that may appear, because that there can be one of the first of so many other cases that may arise in the world, “said the deputy.” My concern is to protect the Brazilian legislation to punish those who eventually try to use this same medium, “JHC added.
in addition to proposing stricter legislation for this type of crime, Mr JHC suggested that the CPI continue to follow the case and ask the Ibama on application of the fine to Volskwagen.
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