Break: 3.0 TDI proves sjoemeldiesel, also Porsche involved [updated]
Posted on 02-11-2015 at 20:56 by dizono – 85 Comments”
A just out report from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that Dieselgate even bigger in size than initially thought. And therefore, the number of brands which sjoemeldiesels to find something grown.
The report is not of the first, the best, the Environmental Protection Agency (abbreviated to EPA, is a U.s. government agency, in september, the first report on the use of defeat devices in VAG-engines to the world. It went in the first instance only to the 1.2, 1.6 and 2.0 TDI and there were rumors about the 3.0 TDI, now it also appears that block is final to have non kosher software.
It’s going to be precise to the 3.0 TDI, models 2014 to 2016, the Volkswagen Touareg, Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, Q5 and the Porsche Cayenne. This is the tractormerk sportwagenmerk from Stuttgart, now also involved in Dieselgate.
That is salient, since the former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn was replaced by Matthias Müller, former CEO of -you feel it coming – Porsche. That is still a lot of soap. Anyway, it has VAG again it is necessary to explain, since they after the first wave of infected diesels never have reported that even with the 3.0 TDI was cheating.
It would be in total to ‘only’ 10,000 in the United States cars sold. It is possible that this 3.0 TDI only overseas manipulated is because of the stricter standards. Further research will have to show whether also in Europe cheating is with this block.
UPDATE: Volkswagen is clearly does not agree with the report of EPA, and comes just with the following statement:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), informed Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft on Monday that vehicles with V6 TDI engines had a software function which had not been adequately described in the application process. Volkswagen AG wishes to emphasize that no software has been installed in the 3-litre V6 diesel power units to alter the emissions characteristics in a forbidden manner.
Volkswagen will cooperate fully with the EPA clarify this matter in its entirety.
*grabs popcorn*
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