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Respirable suspended particles with a diameter of 10 micrometres — also known as PM 10 including diesel particulates — halved since despite the increased number and size of diesel cars in the UK. The independent body International Council on Clean Transportation ICCT commissioned a study in and obtained data on 15 vehicles from three sources. German said they chose to put US vehicles through on-the-road tests because their emissions regulations are more stringent than those in the European Union.

The ICCT expected the cars to pass, and thought they would be able to use the results to demonstrate to Europeans that it was possible to run diesel cars with cleaner emissions. They wanted to test a Mercedes as well, but could not obtain one. The three vehicles were all certified at a California Air Resources Board facility before the tests [31] as falling below the emissions limits when using the standard laboratory testing protocols.

The emissions far exceeded legal limits set by both European and US standards. One of the testers said, " This standard for nitrogen oxide emissions is among the most stringent in the world. For comparison, the contemporary European standards known as Euro 5 "EU5 compliant", [3] [5] — models and Euro 6 models only limit nitrogen oxide emissions to 0. Volkswagen Jetta [69]. Volkswagen Passat [69].

In London, where diesel road traffic is responsible for 40 percent of NO x emissions, air pollution causes more than 3, deaths a year. Volkswagen's "defeat device" is specially-written engine-management-unit firmware that detects "the position of the steering wheel, vehicle speed, the duration of the engine's operation, and barometric pressure" [89] when positioned on a dynamometer using the FTP test schedule. The EPA's NOV alleged that under normal driving conditions, the software suppressed the emissions controls, allowing better fuel economy, at the expense of emitting up to 40 times more nitrogen oxides than allowed by law.

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Primor confirmed that the meeting took place, but both Primor and Diskin denied tipping off Piech. According to the EPA, Volkswagen had insisted for a year before the outbreak of the scandal that discrepancies were mere technical glitches. The first sign that Volkswagen was ready to come clean reportedly occurred on 21 August at a conference on green transportation in Pacific Grove, California , where an unnamed company representative approached Christopher Grundler, director of the EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, and surprised him by informally admitting that the company had been deceiving regulators.

Formal acknowledgement of the deception was made by Volkswagen executives in Germany and the United States to EPA and California officials during a 3 September conference call, during which Volkswagen executives discussed written materials provided to the participants demonstrating how Volkswagen's diesel engine software circumvented US emissions tests. That admission came after the EPA threatened to withhold approval for the company's Volkswagen and Audi diesel models.

Volkswagen's CEO Martin Winterkorn said: "I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public. He also said the board only found out about the problems "shortly before the media did", and expressed concerns over "why the board wasn't informed earlier about the problems when they were known about over a year ago in the United States".

Volkswagen announced that 11 million cars were involved in the falsified emission reports, and that over seven billion dollars would be earmarked to deal with the costs of rectifying the software at the heart of the pollution statements. Bosch provided the software for testing purposes and warned Volkswagen that it would be illegal to use the software to avoid emissions compliance during normal driving. On 28 September , it was reported that Volkswagen had suspended Heinz-Jakob Neusser, head of brand development at its core Volkswagen brand, Ulrich Hackenberg, the head of research and development at its brand Audi who oversees technical development across the Volkswagen group, and Wolfgang Hatz, research and development chief at its sports-car brand Porsche who also heads engine and transmissions development of the Volkswagen group.

On 3 November , Volkswagen revealed that its internal investigation found that CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption figures were also affected by "irregularities". In November , California regulators claimed to have discovered software installed on some Audi models that allowed the manufacturer to cheat CO 2 emissions during standard testing, thereby also masking the cars' contribution to global warming.

These are prohibited in the United States, however the software is legal in Europe. On 29 September , Volkswagen announced plans to refit up to 11 million affected vehicles, fitted with Volkswagen's EA diesel engines, including 5 million at Volkswagen brand, 2.

SEAT said that , of its diesel models were affected. In Europe alone, a total of 8 million vehicles are affected. In Portugal, Volkswagen said it had sold 94, vehicles with the software.

As the rules violation involved enabling emission controls during testing, but turning it off under normal conditions to improve performance or fuel mileage, it has been speculated that the software update might make cars perform less efficiently and impair fuel economy ; according to VW, however, its proposed solutions will be designed to achieve legal EU emissions compliance without impairing engine performance or consumption. The company also announced a review of all of its brands and models, including its supercar marque Bugatti.

On 8 October , Volkswagen US CEO Michael Horn said in testimony before the US Congress that it could take years to repair all the cars, especially the older models, due to the required complex hardware and software changes. He said that the fixes would likely preserve fuel economy ratings but, "there might be a slight impact on performance". The 1. It also announced plans to accelerate the development of electric cars and plug-in hybrids, as well as petrol, instead of diesel engines for smaller cars. On 12—13 October , Volkswagen Group vehicle drivers in the UK started receiving notification letters, to "rectify the issue".

At the beginning of October , Volkswagen suggested to let car owners decide whether their cars would be recalled for handling. Volkswagen then decided to recall around 8. The German authorities require that Volkswagen removes the software and that Volkswagen ensures that emission rules are fulfilled. As of February , there were three sizes of affected diesel engines, and more than a dozen variations to the repairs exist, prompting Volkswagen to roll out the recalls in waves for each cluster of vehicle; the first model to be repaired was the low-volume Volkswagen Amarok.

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German motoring journal Auto Motor und Sport tested two Amarok TDI pickups pre and post software update and found that whilst engine power had remained the same, fuel consumption had increased by 0. In France, the MediaCom media agency, which buys advertising for Volkswagen, warned the French newspapers on 22 September that it would cancel planned Volkswagen and Audi campaigns in case they would cover the emission violations.

On the occasion of German Unity Day , Volkswagen launched an ad campaign in German Sunday newspapers, that it wanted to express its joy about the 25th anniversary of German reunification, its pride about having shaped the country together with all people for the last 25 years, to give thanks for the confidence of the customers it had experienced during all this time and that it wanted to thank all its employees and trade partners in Germany, and that in one sentence, that "it would do everything to win back the confidence of its customers".

In September , Volkswagen's Belgian importer, D'Ieteren, announced that it would offer free engine upgrades to customers who had ordered a vehicle with a diesel engine which was likely to have been fitted with illegal software. In the United States, Volkswagen withdrew its application for emissions certification for its diesel models, leaving thousands of vehicles stranded at ports in October , which the company said contained software which should have been disclosed to and certified by the EPA.

This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason All the indications are that residual values are unaffected"; [] the company, which continued to face pressure from E. On 21 April , the federal district court for the Northern District of California, which was appointed in December to oversee almost all of the US litigation, including claims filed by vehicle owners and state governments, announced that Volkswagen would offer its US customers "substantial compensation" and buyback nearly , 2.

A peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Research Letters estimated that approximately 59 premature deaths will be caused by the excess pollution produced between and by vehicles equipped with the defeat device in the United States, the majority due to particulate pollution 87 percent with the remainder due to ozone 13 percent. The study also found that making these vehicles emissions compliant by the end of would avert an additional early deaths.

Earlier non peer-reviewed studies published in media sources, quoted estimates ranging from 10 to excess deaths in the United States related to the defeat devices based on varying assumptions. Since NO 2 is a precursor to ground-level ozone it may cause respiratory problems "including asthma, bronchitis and emphysema ". A peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Pollution estimated that the fraudulent emissions would be associated with 45 thousand disability-adjusted life years DALYs and a value of life lost of at least 39 billion US dollars.

NO x also contribute to acid rain , and visibly brown clouds or smog due to both the visible nature of NO 2 , and the tropospheric ozone created by NO. In October , the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced that it will be investigating Volkswagen for possible violations of consumer and safety standards. In January , public broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie reported on Opel Zafira cars having lower emissions after an update compared to before receiving the update.

Opel denied deploying software updates influencing emissions, and the Economic Inspection of the Federal Government started an investigation on the request of Minister of Consumer Protection Kris Peeters. As of October , Volkswagen Brazil confirmed that 17, units of its Amarok mid-size pickups produced between and and sold in Brazil were equipped with the emissions cheating software.

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The automaker may still appeal the decision. According to the judge, the purpose was "to compensate the Brazilian society as a collective moral damage of a pedagogical and punitive nature because of the collective fraud caused in the domestic motor vehicle market". In September , Environment Canada announced that it had begun an investigation to determine if "defeat devices" were installed in Volkswagen vehicles to bypass emission control tests in Canada. Ontario provincial authorities executed a search warrant at Volkswagen Canada offices in the Toronto area on 19 September [] as part of its investigation into the emissions scandal that rocked the company two years ago.

The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change have charged Volkswagen AG with one count under the province's Environmental Protection Act, alleging the German company did not comply with Ontario emission standards. The allegations have not been proven in court.

In July , Volkswagen Group Canada announced plans for its new Electrify Canada subsidiary to launch a network of public fast-charging stations in major cities and along major highways, starting with 32 charging sites in the four most-populated provinces: Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. Several countries [ vague ] called for a Europe-wide investigation.

The resolution urged for tougher emissions tests to be fully implemented in , instead of being phased in between —, as had been originally planned.

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Also, it was revealed [ by whom? Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout referred to the new test as "a sham", [] while liberal democrat MEP Catherine Bearder described the legislation as "a disgraceful stitch-up by national governments, who are once again putting the interests of carmakers ahead of public health". In June , documents leaked to the press indicated that in , European Commission officials had been warned by their in-house science team that at least one car manufacturer was possibly using a NOx-related defeat device in order to bypass emission regulation.

Renault and Peugeot's headquarters were raided by fraud investigators in January and April , respectively. As of January , Renault recalled 15, cars for emission testing and fixing. In September former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned over the scandal, saying he had no knowledge of the manipulation of emissions results.

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