Volkswagen fires in the USA again

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Volkswagen fires in the USA again

VW threatens new Trouble in the United States: a California environmental Agency to reject the recall plan of the car manufacturer for engineered Three-litre engines to be inaccurate. Now, the group must rework – again.

The processing of the exhaust-gas scandal in the United States might be for Volkswagen, but it’s even more expensive: The Californian environmental authority CARB has rejected the recall plan for the Three-litre engines as inadequate and incomplete.

By the decision of 16,000 cars of the brands Audi, Porsche and VW in California were affected, informed the air quality competent California authority in the night to Thursday in Sacramento. Also, the U.S. environmental protection Agency, EPA, the CARB considers. Both authorities now want to work with VW on a solution.

The agreement with the US authorities for compensation payments in a total amount of 15 billion Dollar (13.3 billion Euro) is not affected, it comes to around 480,000 diesel vehicles with Two-Liter engine.

Numerous Defects

In letters to the three German car manufacturers, the California environmental Agency complained about, among other things, that in the recall plan for the Three-Liter engines, precise descriptions of the manipulation of software and to the solution were missing. Also data on the effectiveness of the planned conversion and its possible effects on the Motor are not shown sufficiently. Already in February, the authority had communicated to the group for the first time, that it is opposed to the plans, stated in the Letter. Also information submitted by Volkswagen after this first rejection, could not convince the authority, obviously.

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A VW spokesman said the group would have to examine the documents first. “We are working more closely with the authorities,” he said. VW had given in the past year, to have the exhaust emissions testing of diesel engines with illegal Software it is artificially lowered. The scandal around the Manipulation of 2.0-Liter units was uncovered by American authorities.

A little later, the VW subsidiary Audi was still under pressure from the authorities to also have 3.0-Liter engines, a forbidden Software. The aggregates are also used in VW and Porsche models in the USA installed. Throughout the country, annual report of 113,000 cars from the model years 2009 to 2016 are affected, according to VW.

So far, the only agreement in the case of smaller engines

At the end of June the US had-plaintiff with VW on an extensive comparison, agreed, the cost to the group of up to 15 billion dollars (13.5 billion euros), much of which will go to the customer. Generally speaking, a choice to have purchase in the USA, Either call back with a repair or return, so the return will be. However, the 3.0-Liter engines were excluded from the agreement for the time being.

VW has until 2018 to have the technical repair solutions the authorities approve. California, with its strict laws as a pioneer in the approval of the recall plans. The Federal government has only our own authority to keep the air clean.

ul/bea (dpa, rtr, afp)