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“In Italy diesel engines made-up of Volkswagen could about a million “. The Deputy Minister for Transport, Richard Nencin , on the sidelines of the meeting of the Centers of car review, intervenes on the scandal of emissions that swept the German automaker. A maxifrode for which the company Wolfsburg risk a fine from $ 18 billion. And as revealed by the Financial Times , “already in the 2013 Europe knew of the problem.” Nencini stated that “are ongoing checks to verify the give resulted in Italy “. The survey, he said, “may close within a few months, by the end of the year.” Hoping “that Volkswagen quickly resolve this situation,” he noted that the company, with the newly appointed CEO of Müller , you are “moving with great rapidity: changed the leaders in a few hours by the news of the scandal. “
If the government of Berlin plan to strengthen the instrument of class actions for compensation for consumer , the damage in Italy is the focus of the intervention of the Minister of Economy Pier Carlo Padoan , who expressed concerns about the impact of the scandal in our country: “ I fear consequences that I hope are limited, there could be a chain effect on the Italian who is not to blame.” The deputy minister also stressed that the problem “is not only German but European as well as American. At this time the ‘ Europe is making it hard to get out of the consequences of the recession and if the confidence is affected the propensity to invest is weakened, “while” the action of economic policy of this government is Once a build confidence . “
Financial Times:” Already in 2013 the ‘ Europe knew “ – The words of the Padoan a few hours following the revelation of the Financial Times , citing a technical report of Joint Research Centre , showed that “already in the 2013 Europe knew of the problem.” According to authoritative financial daily the JRC had informed the European Commission the possibility that tests on car emissions could be altered by “devices” defined “by off. “
Jrc in 2013:” Road tests more effective against tampering “
The report speaks of using “devices manipulation that can activating, delaying or deactivating the system control of emissions “, and thus enhance” the effectiveness during the test of the emissions “. So exactly what in these days it has been certified by the American agency for the environment. The authors of the Report of the JRC (scientific institute of the European Commission) recommended then the road test vehicle, as the most effective strategies against tampering by automakers, moreover made illegal by the EU since 2007. And after the scandal Volkswagen , according to reports by the newspaper Handelsblatt , the German government wants to introduce and strengthen the instrument of class action in Germany since 2016. “The federal government wants to introduce collective action”, headlines the site, citing the Secretary for Consumer Protection at the Ministry Justice .
European Commission: “Already the study road tests”
The spokesman of the Community executive Lucia Caudet has however reiterated that the “Commission is not the place of the police” with its regulations, even if “the United States are still required to comply with the legislation of the EU, including the outright ban on devices of fraud. ” Caudet confirmed that “the Commission was already aware of the fact that the laboratory tests do not produce accurate readings for emissions of nitrogen oxide of diesel cars, and that was already studying the full implementation of road tests, which may exclude the risk of distorting the test. “
Volkswagen:” 5000000 vehicles involved: Golf, Passat and Tiguan “
Volkswagen: “We want to inform customers as soon as possible” – Meanwhile, the group German car Volkswagen has announced that five million vehicles of its main brand are interested in worldwide emissions manipulated. Some models and some years of production, in fact, are equipped exclusively with the diesel engine 189 Es , on which was discovered the software to rig emissions. For Volkswagen it is the Golf sixth generation , the seventh generation Passat and first generation of the Tiguan . All new vehicles of the Volkswagen brand that meet European standards EU6 are not interested, and include new models Golf, Passat and Touran.
The president of the brand, Herbert Diess He explained that it is “working flat out on a technical solution that will be presented to our partners, customers and the public as soon as possible.” “Our goal is to inform our customers as soon as possible so that their vehicles comply with the law,” he added Diess ensuring “Volkswagen will do everything humanly possible to regain the trust of customers, suppliers and public “. The Volkswagen Group will report how many vehicles are affected by the scandal in any market. Finally the German company reiterated that works closely with the certification authority for solutions and vehicles are safe and work well from the technical point of view.
Soon recalled 11 million cars with modified control unit
Within a few weeks, as announced by a spokesman company, will start the big lure of the Volkswagen group on the 11 million cars with diesel engines with modified units. In addition, the spokesman said, “the Traders can be more precise from next week” and the intervention will obviously be free. The owners of the vehicles involved in the maxi-call – which will be carried out in cooperation with national authorities – will be informed in writing. The spokesman did not however wish to set out the possible costs of this operation.
Suzuki: “We sold our shares Volkswagen”
The scandal Volkswagen has had an impact also on heavy markets . And ‘of these hours the announcement by the Japanese automaker Suzuki motor corporation , selling its shares Volkswagen (4.4 million shares) placing so a lid on the alliance, never took off, for hybrid and electric cars that had been signed in 2009. Separately Porsche Automobil Holding , in an email, has announced that it has acquired from the Suzuki ‘ 1.5% Volkswagen . The Japanese did not disclose the sale price of its stake in VW but announced for the current quarter an extraordinary profit of about 36.7 billion yen, equal to 270 billion euro.
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