Volkswagen prins cu fofarlica mare de EPA in SUA

IAV, which is 50 percent owned by Volkswagen, will serve two years of probation and be under the oversight of an independent monitor, the Justice Department said.
Susan Bodine, assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said in a statement that “IAV designed the software that allowed VW to cheat U.S. air emissions standards.”

The Justice Department said it would have sought a higher fine but it could have jeopardized IAV’s viability.

Volkswagen has informed Germany’s transport authority that half a million cars recalled for a fix after the diesel scandal may still be equipped with illegal software designed to trick emissions tests.
The German carmaker, which has spent more than €28bn on penalties and car repurchases since US authorities disclosed in late 2015 that it had cheated emissions tests for a decade, said that its quality control department discovered a new problem in which certain cars might still limit emissions when the vehicle starts up.
Volkswagen said the issue concerns 1.2-litre, EA-189 engines. There are roughly 500,000 such cars globally, including 32,000 in Germany. VW estimates about three-quarters of these have been fixed with the software update in question.
As a matter of precaution, VW said the update “should initially be suspended,” to avoid any legal trouble in case it turns out to be illegal.
Two people at VW stressed that the issue, first reported by Bild am Sonntag, could amount to nothing or be in a legal grey area, but VW has become ultra-sensitive to any potential legal issues and so it informed the authorities immediately.
Both people noted VW has been criticised in the past for sitting on material information regarding the diesel scandal.
In this case the potential software problem was discovered last week. Because of the holidays, VW is unable to look closely at the problem until early January. It was determined that the optics of there being a three-week delay between detection and analysis could be poor, so VW informed the German transport authority, known as the KBA.
One person said the KBA could give four answers, ranging from saying the software is fine to deeming it an illegal defeat device. A recall of the cars is possible, either to fix the cars as soon as possible or at their next routine service update.

@Hansolo, sunt curios câte softuri de genul asta au fost în stare sa bage în mașini )

Fofarlica sau nu, vanzarile sunt foarte bune de la dieselgate si pana in prezent.