According to Daimler, the Volkswagen group has brought to an end car maker Audi has a voluntary recall campaign for Diesel vehicles on the road. It is planned a Software Update.
The VW subsidiary Audi, would, in view of the discussion of Diesel-driving bans of up to 850,000 vehicles to retrofit. A software, the “emissions” of cars with Six – and eight-cylinder diesel engines with the exhaust emission standards Euro-5 and Euro-6 will be improved, such as Audi announced on Friday in Ingolstadt to update. The Update is free for customers in Europe and other markets outside the United States and Canada.
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“Audi wants to contribute to the reduction of the total emissions in the inner cities”, it was said by the company. The Service also applies to models of the brands Porsche and Volkswagen, which are equipped with identical engines.
All engine-transmission versions with diesel engines would be considered by the company to continue on irregularities, and Audi is working with the authorities closely. The offered retrofit is a voluntary activity, and also consists of already agreed measures.
Unlike the competition, BMW is planning in front of the Diesel-summit of the Federal government in one and a half weeks, not a recall. “We see no reason in front of the 2. August,” said a spokesman for the Munich-based car manufacturer on Friday. There is no reason to rush. BMW will stay with the original offer, the Euro-5-engines in Germany for the customers for free upgrade. The Munich-based car manufacturer is “at least 350 000 vehicles,” which can be retrofitted. On 2. August meeting in Berlin, top representatives of the Federal government, the States and the auto manufacturers to the future of the Diesel drive is planned.
Allegations of the Federal Minister of transport
At the beginning of June the Federal Minister of transport Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) with the charge of “illegal defeat devices” against Audi went Public, it was 24,000, and the upper-class Audi.
On Tuesday, the Bavarian Cabinet approved the measures for improved air quality in major cities in the state. Specifically, the state government is focusing on rapid retrofitting of Diesel cars of the Bavarian manufacturer Audi and BMW, which are to be paid by the car manufacturers. The Stuttgart-based carmaker Daimler had also announced on Tuesday, Europe-wide, more than three million vehicles to repair.
VW group boss sees a “campaign”
Shortly before the announcement of the voluntary recall by Audi, the head of the parent company, Volkswagen, Matthias Müller had spoken of, in connection with the discussion of driving bans and the pollutant emissions of diesel vehicles by a “campaign”. “Against the diesel engine running campaign is intense, the market share of the diesel’s on the decline,” said Miller of the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”. “But you are doing the Diesel in the wrong. I am calling for a factual, balanced discussion.” The latest Diesel-generations are “very good”, especially when the emissions of climate-damaging carbon dioxide gas (CO2).
ul/zdh (dpa, rtr, afd)