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As we found out at the end of last week, US roads currently house over 480,000 VW diesel-powered cars that do not meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s emission requirements.
The vehicles use a software that includes a defeat device, which enters service when the car senses it is being emission tested. This means that, when the vehicle is operating under real-world conditions, its emission parameters can reach alarming levels. The EPA and California Air Resources Board have explained the affected vehicles’ emissions can contain up to 40 times the allowed level for certain substances.
Volkswagen CEO Professor Doctor Martin Winterkorn has released an official statement on this, with the most important information being that the carmaker has ordered an external investigation.
"The Board of Management at Volkswagen AG takes these findings very seriously. I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public. We will cooperate fully with the responsible agencies, with transparency and urgency, to clearly, openly, and completely establish all of the facts of this case. Volkswagen has ordered an external investigation of this matter,” the statement reads.
“The trust of our customers and the public is and continues to be our most important asset. We at Volkswagen will do everything that must be done in order to re-establish the trust that so many people have placed in us, and we will do everything necessary in order to reverse the damage this has caused. This matter has first priority for me, personally, and for our entire Board of Management,” the CEO went on to explain.
Nevertheless, there’s a high chance the scandal won’t stop here. EPA has kicked off a campaign that will see them testing vehicles coming from other carmaker in order to see if they meet diesel emission regulations.
Conspiracy theories about this being part of a plan to affect diesel sales in the US aside, we’re looking forward to EPA’s findings.
Volkswagen CEO Professor Doctor Martin Winterkorn has released an official statement on this, with the most important information being that the carmaker has ordered an external investigation.
"The Board of Management at Volkswagen AG takes these findings very seriously. I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public. We will cooperate fully with the responsible agencies, with transparency and urgency, to clearly, openly, and completely establish all of the facts of this case. Volkswagen has ordered an external investigation of this matter,” the statement reads.
“The trust of our customers and the public is and continues to be our most important asset. We at Volkswagen will do everything that must be done in order to re-establish the trust that so many people have placed in us, and we will do everything necessary in order to reverse the damage this has caused. This matter has first priority for me, personally, and for our entire Board of Management,” the CEO went on to explain.
Nevertheless, there’s a high chance the scandal won’t stop here. EPA has kicked off a campaign that will see them testing vehicles coming from other carmaker in order to see if they meet diesel emission regulations.
Conspiracy theories about this being part of a plan to affect diesel sales in the US aside, we’re looking forward to EPA’s findings.
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