Volkswagen: a second software sifted – Les Echos

After the revelation of the scandal of its diesel engines rigged, Volkswagen always fears the American wrath. According to the “New York Times”, the environmental authorities of the country now have a second software in sight, that could have an influence on the emissions of gaseous pollutants in the rolling models diesel and not yet arrived on the market.

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From sources close to the automotive group, the existence of a second software is not denied. This would occur during the starting phase of the noxious emissions treatment system. Volkswagen could he failed to report it properly? Authorities across the Atlantic were in any case aware of the existence of that other pollutant emissions control software, the “Auxiliary Emission Control Device” (AECD), at least since the hearing last Thursday, the American boss VW, Michael Horn, before the US Congress. It then explained that a registration procedure models feature a 2-liter diesel engine and the placing on the market is expected in 2016, had been withdrawn, the time that the authorities are testing the software said. A spokesman of the US environmental agency, EPA, explained that, as the Carb counterpart in California, he now had to study the nature and purpose of this device. It is not yet established whether there is a legal way emission control or a new IT tool to handle them.

embarrassing revelations

If the second hypothesis was proved, it would further complicate the chances of Volkswagen honorably get out of this scandal. The group is already the subject of a host of civil and criminal proceedings in the United States and elsewhere. “Investors are traumatized by the events that took place, they will be paralyzed if the current diesel model has a questionable onboard software” , says Arndt Ellinghorst, an analyst at Evercore ISI.

Given the still unforeseeable consequences of the case, the automotive group wants curb on unnecessary investments and looking everywhere for savings. Thus, the German newspaper “Bild” has revealed that the group was not yet ready to renew the sponsorship contract from the German Football Cup scheduled for the next three years. In this context, the popular daily takes pleasure in revealing that a fleet of ten air jets, chartered by a subsidiary of the group, always serves to free transport senior managers of the group to their home on weekends. The boss of the works council, Bernd Osterloh, is moved is waiting in the hierarchy that it also leads by example in reducing expenses.