Automotive industry
Dieselgate: Manipulated an entire industry?
Environmental groups and the Greens complain about a slow education of the VW Abgasskandals. The Federal transport Minister defends himself: partnership with the automakers is not cronyism, says Alexander Dobrindt in the Bundestag.
Five months since the announcement of the VW Abgasskandals passed. In September had to be the Volkswagen group to admit a manipulation Software used to have, the nitric oxide emissions in the test mode, to low level – and at around eleven million diesel vehicles of several brands, the Wolfsburg-based carmaker.
What is, as yet, enlightened? What are the political consequences have been drawn? Shockingly, a few, criticize the Green party, the theme, therefore, now once more in the Bundestag for debate. Not a week goes by without another car manufacturer fall under suspicion, also with marked cards to play. Parliamentarians such as Oliver Krischer, so it goes to more than just VW. The Manipulation of the engine management software is only the tip of the iceberg.
“It is in the end not only VW, it is at the end of the entire automotive industry, the manipulation works?”, ask the Green party member of Parliament. The “real scandal” was that Abgasmanipulationen and the limit values are Exceeded at many car brands would take place and that the industry, this is still tacitly accepted in take, so Krischers reproach: “And that we can no longer tolerate.”
Allegations against the Minister of transport
Environmentalists complain since the introduction of exhaust emission standards for passenger Cars in the year 1970 that the specified exhaust values only theoretical in nature, because they are on test benches in laboratories to be determined and nothing to do with reality. Indeed, the levels of nitric oxide in cities and there, especially on busy roads is greatly increased. “This is certainly not a trivial matter, but a gigantic industry and environmental problem, because thousands of people die in our country from the consequences of vehicle emissions and tens of thousands are sick”, criticized the Green party’s Caucus leader.
Federal transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) throw the Green, but also the left party not only to slow, but also non-transparent enlightenment. “After five months, we simply need to determine what this Minister did nothing to solve the problem is contributing and that is now the scandal in the scandal,” says Krischer.
The swamp and the frogs
In fact, it is almost impossible, from the Ministry of transport for details about the status of the investigation. In order to take care of the internal investigation Committee from the ranks of the Ministry of transport and the Kraftfahrtbundesamts, plus an external expert. “These are exactly the people who over the years either at the scandal and participated, or not, despite the unique information at least weggeschaut and not have acted” argues Krischer. “You can’t get the frogs to hire the swamp to dry out.”
A reproach, which the Federal Minister of transport, far from rejects. “We have a clear strategy in dealing with the VW scandal. We drive the implementation also vigorously moving forward, we clarify that the errors are eliminated and processes are optimized,” said Alexander Dobrindt in the Bundestag.
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Manufacturers should be required to be engine software at the German Federal motor transport authority to disclose. Technical inspection services are automakers, alternate. Already at the weekend had Dobrindt announced that in the future, as with drug testing vehicles selected at random would order their exhaust emission test. Specifically, the transport Minister wants the cars for example, car rental companies rent to you on public benches to make, the yet to be built.
Enlightenment in the sense of the economy and the customers
In particular, these Abgaskontrollen promises to the Minister to be a deterrent. Attempts would in the future not to remain undiscovered. Vehemently pointed Dobrindt accused of a too great proximity to the auto industry back. The cooperation between the investigation Committee and the Volkswagen is a partnership, but VW get clear guidelines for further action.
“Partnership is not a cronyism”, defended Christsoziale his line. “This is in the interest of the customers, this is in the interest of the Automobilstandorts Germany, and by the way, also in the interest of hundreds of thousands of employees in the automotive industry, the every day correctly and conscientiously do their job and do not deserve to be under suspicion to be made.”
Volkswagen announced in the meantime with, the been retrofitted to the affected diesel vehicles get on track. It was still about 4300 Amarok with a new Software have been provided are more than 50 percent of the affected cars. The next step will be in March, vehicles of the type Passat need to be recalled.