Renault: “No software fitted to vehicles faker” – Le Figaro

The manufacturer confirms tours of anti-fraud services. But according to Renault, they are part of a “further investigative documentary and on-site, which aims to definitively validate the initial analysis” carried out by the “Royal Commission”, setting-up following the scandal Volkswagen

In full market storm. – with a share whose price has suddenly won by nearly 20% in the morning – Renault tries to resume hand. After the revelation of union sources of searches of anti-fraud services (DGCCRF) at several sites of the manufacturer, it issued a statement. Renault confirmed visits by teams from the DGCCRF to “headquarters, technical center in Lardy and the Technocentre in Guyancourt.” But according to the diamond brand, these investigations are part of a “further investigative documentary and on-site, which aims to definitively validate the initial analysis” carried out by the “Royal Commission”.

This independent commission set feet by the Ministry of Ecology in the wake of the Volkswagen scandal in the United States conducts reviews on a hundred vehicles on the road in France, Renault 25, to determine the existence or not of software to distort tests of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. “Already, the General Directorate for Energy and Climate (DGEC), which is under the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, the pilot partner of the Technical Commission independent, considers that the proceedings would not reveal the presence of a faker software equipping Renault vehicles, “says the manufacturer in a statement released Thursday. The group reaffirms its support for the ongoing investigations.

Renault, whose vehicles often reveal significant differences in the results of emission tests as they are performed in the laboratory or in real conditions, decided in mid-December a plan revealed to Le Figaro by its director Thierry Bolloré competitiveness. The manufacturer has recalled some vehicles in circulation and accelerate its investment in the upgrading of its building cars to respond to early Euro6d the requirements of future standards.