Volkswagen prins cu fofarlica mare de EPA in SUA

Wuau ce veste buna. Cred ca e momentul sa trecem la cumparat conserve Euro 3 si 4. VW le va cumpara inapoi de la noi si vom face o gramada de bani

Volkswagen was accused on Friday of installing technology after the diesel emissions scandal that resulted in affected cars releasing higher levels of nitrogen oxide on most of the journeys they made in the UK.

Lawyers representing up to 94,000 VW customers in Britain alleged that a software fix rolled-out in the months following Dieselgate ensures cars are only in low-emission mode when driving in temperatures between 15 and 33 degrees Celsius.
The cars get progressively more pollutive in hotter or colder conditions.

At a pre-trial review in London, Thomas de la Mare QC, acting for the claimants, cited analysis of data from the UK’s Met Office and the Department for Transport that approximately 70 per cent of all journeys in England and Wales are made in temperatures below 15 degrees.
He inferred that many VW cars in the UK were regularly driven in higher-emission mode, which could lead to the company defending a large group claim that software updates rolled out following the 2015 diesel emissions scandal contained a further illegal defeat device.
The carmaker installed the upgrade, which involves the use of so-called thermal windows to ensure the cars are in low-emission mode in certain weather conditions, in millions of vehicles after approval by German regulators in 2016.
VW’s lawyers said the systems featured in every modern diesel car.

Lawyers for the claimants also alleged VW “declined to provide further information” on references to thermal windows made by two Austrian courts in submissions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) earlier this year.
They told Mr Justice Waksman that during those proceedings it emerged that the KBA, Germany's federal motor transport authority, did not know about the thermal windows when it approved the fix.
VW’s legal team, led by Michael Fordham QC, countered that the Austrian cases were closed, and “only a ruling by the CJEU on the referred question might have been relevant” to the UK case.

But Shazia Yamin, a solicitor at Leigh Day which is acting for the vehicle owners, said the presentation of evidence regarding thermal windows could persuade more owners of the roughly 1.2m cars affected by Dieselgate in the UK to pursue a claim.
“If it is found VW have continued to cheat the consumer and pollute the environment despite the outrage following the discovery of their use of the defeat device software, I predict that the penalties VW will ultimately be liable for will be immense,” she said.
Under English law, consumers who believe they were victims of fraud and concealment have up to six years from the point of discovery to make a claim.

Cine zicea ca motoarele diesel mai nou sunt curate ?

Ei au informat că percheziţiile au legătură cu investigaţia privind maşinile diesel cu motoare EA 288, modelul care a urmat motorului EA 189, aflat în centrul scandalului legat de falsificarea rezultatelor testelor antipoluare.

Cine zicea ca motoarele diesel mai nou sunt curate  ?

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