New setback for Volkswagen: The processing of the exhaust-scandal in the United States could for the carmaker but again are expensive. The California Environmental Agency CARB rejected the recall plan for 3.0-liter diesel engines in larger cars from inadequate and incomplete. From the decision are with 16 000 vehicles from Audi, Porsche and VW affected in California, the agency responsible for air quality authority informed on the night of Thursday in Sacramento
The EPA -. The environmental department of the US government – joined considers the California regulators. “We work closely with CARB, and we agree that VW has not presented an acceptable recall plan for the 3.0-liter cars,” said a spokeswoman. However, both agencies will continue to work with VW on a solution.
In letters to the three German car makers, the California Environmental Agency complained among other things that the recall plan lacked detailed descriptions of manipulation software and the proposed solution. Also data on the effectiveness of the planned refurbishment and possible effects on the motor are not sufficient reported.
In February, the authority had first informed the Group that it refused the plans, according to the letter. Even information that Volkswagen does not have after this first rejection, the authorities were apparently not convinced.
A VW spokesman said, may be seen the announcement by CARB as a “procedural step” under California law to. “We continue to work closely with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and CARB together to achieve approval of the technical solution for our 3.0-liter TDI engines as soon as possible.”
VW had given last year to have lowered emission levels in tests of diesel engines artificially with illegal software. The scandal over the manipulation of 2.0 liter aggregates was discovered by American authorities.
Little then gave later the daughter Audi under pressure from the authorities, even with 3.0-liter engines a prohibited software used to have. The units are installed in VW and Porsche models in America. . Affected are in Canada and the United States, according to VW Annual Report 113,000 cars of model years 2009 to 2016
end of June, had American applicants – mostly damaged same seater, but also authorities and car dealers – with VW on a comprehensive compromise agreed. The comparison could be the Group up to 15 billion dollars (13.5 billion euros) cost. Much of it is to go to the customer. The judge Charles Breyer must still approve negotiated by VW and the applicants agreement but. he wants to end of July, this report again to word
customers should, according to the plans in the United States, where the exhaust gas scandal took its origin, have a choice: either call a repair or repurchase, ie return. In the areas affected by the compromise around 480,000 diesel cars is Volkswagen models like the Jetta and Passat as well as the A3 from Audi. The 3.0-liter engines were excluded in the agreement for the time being.
VW has until 2018 to have to be approve the technical improvement solutions by the authorities. California applies where there are particularly strict laws as a pioneer in the approval of recall plans. The state on the West Coast is the only own authority to keep the air clean. The CARB had rejected the recall plan for 2.0-liter engines in January.
Volkswagen had tampered with world eleven million diesel vehicles with emission tests. This had plunged the group into a serious crisis. The carmaker has so far completed more than 16 billion euros for the follow-up costs. The work-up of the scandal is far from over. VW has many legal sites in Europe, there are many complaints from car owners and investors.
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