I’m not sure how I missed this, but I’ll catch up now on the latest from the ongoing VW “Dieselgate” scandal. When I last covered this, VW had until March 24th to detail a fix for a US Judge who is presiding over a massive lawsuit regarding the emissions of so called “clean diesel” VW cars. It now seems that VW has missed that date and now has until April 21st to come up with a fix or else bad things will happen to them. Though it appears that they will miss this date too:
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told reporters that the two sides were in “really robust” ongoing talks but said she did not know if they would agree to a deal by April 21. She declined to say if the administration would accept a partial fix of the polluting vehicles or if it would insist that Volkswagen offer to buy them all back.
Now this may have something to do with this report that says that the fix that VW has come up with may increase fuel consumption. Good fuel economy is one of the reasons why people go Diesel which makes this an undesirable result:
The automaker’s latest setback comes in the form of news from Germany that the planned recall of its emissions-cheating vehicles has been halted due to an increase in fuel consumption. Automotive News Europe states that the “fix” Volkswagen has been applying to 160,000 of its Passat models has been paused, though the company calls claims of greater fuel consumption “speculation.”
Still, the Volkswagen spokesperson has acknowledged that German authorities are investigating these reports. “We have to guarantee that noise and especially CO2 emissions are exactly the same as before the fix,” said the company representative. The Germany Federal Motor Transport Authority was expected to have its investigation wrapped up by March 27, but it appears the issue required further time. A final “yes” or “no” to VW’s resolution will be announced this week or next.
This suggests that VW is struggling to find a fix that doesn’t negatively alter the behavior of these cars. If that is true, that is problematic for VW who really need to make this go away sooner rather than later.
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Judge Pushes Back VW #Dieselgate Fix Details To April 21
I’m not sure how I missed this, but I’ll catch up now on the latest from the ongoing VW “Dieselgate” scandal. When I last covered this, VW had until March 24th to detail a fix for a US Judge who is presiding over a massive lawsuit regarding the emissions of so called “clean diesel” VW cars. It now seems that VW has missed that date and now has until April 21st to come up with a fix or else bad things will happen to them. Though it appears that they will miss this date too:
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told reporters that the two sides were in “really robust” ongoing talks but said she did not know if they would agree to a deal by April 21. She declined to say if the administration would accept a partial fix of the polluting vehicles or if it would insist that Volkswagen offer to buy them all back.
Now this may have something to do with this report that says that the fix that VW has come up with may increase fuel consumption. Good fuel economy is one of the reasons why people go Diesel which makes this an undesirable result:
The automaker’s latest setback comes in the form of news from Germany that the planned recall of its emissions-cheating vehicles has been halted due to an increase in fuel consumption. Automotive News Europe states that the “fix” Volkswagen has been applying to 160,000 of its Passat models has been paused, though the company calls claims of greater fuel consumption “speculation.”
Still, the Volkswagen spokesperson has acknowledged that German authorities are investigating these reports. “We have to guarantee that noise and especially CO2 emissions are exactly the same as before the fix,” said the company representative. The Germany Federal Motor Transport Authority was expected to have its investigation wrapped up by March 27, but it appears the issue required further time. A final “yes” or “no” to VW’s resolution will be announced this week or next.
This suggests that VW is struggling to find a fix that doesn’t negatively alter the behavior of these cars. If that is true, that is problematic for VW who really need to make this go away sooner rather than later.
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