The shutdown systems in the engine management system of the Opel Zafira will be inadmissible. This is the result an appraiser comes on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport, which should investigate whether the findings from the research team of SPIEGEL, the ARD magazine “Monitor” and the German Environmental Aid true (SPIEGEL 20/2016).
The expert speaks of “very good measurements”, which would have shown, among other things, that the exhaust system of the car is reduced at higher speed or velocity. The technical situation, the witness, was clear and Opel’s justification for the shutdown insufficient. Now,
The group tried to counter with a 500-page opinion. The software is for motor protection is necessary, Opel. Thus, the carmaker will probably win especially time. Currently in the approval process for the approval of the new Zafira model that is to be sold by the end of
Dobrindt promises rigor -. The Greens are skeptical
the Ministry requests that the Federal motor Vehicle Office only agree if the shutdown described in SPIEGEL are not installed in the new Zafira. Even with other carmakers promises the Ministry hardness. Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) wants to check that the voluntarily pledged by a number carmaker changes to the emission control are actually made. This concerns models such as the Audi A6, the Porsche Macan or the Opel Zafira.
With emissions test is to verify that a “significant improvement” of the nitrogen oxide emissions is achieved by the technical retrofits. Here, the engine power must not reduce the fuel consumption and do not deteriorate, according to a reply from the Ministry to an inquiry of the Greens. The remain skeptical. “Dobrindt has not been noticed by severity against the auto industry,” said transport expert Oliver Krischer.
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