Volkswagen: printing, ignore ‘alarm on software’ offending ‘- AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

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15:07 September 27, 2015

(AGI) – Berlin, 27 September – Volkswagen has for years ignored the warnings issued by a member of his staff and a supplier about the fact that the software – used to manipulate the results of the test gas emissions – was illegal. I refer to media.
The authorities ‘Germany are doing in the meantime pressure on the automaker, asking that defines by 7 October with a timetable which will ensure’ that its diesel vehicles meet the national standards of gas emissions without the use of technology ‘rigged’. According to reports from Bild am Sonntag, the auto parts supplier Bosch had produced the device but had warned the group already ‘in 2007 that the device was illegal. A Bosch spokesman countered that the company ‘can not’ comment on the details, calling into question a confidentiality agreement with his business partner. According to the Frankfurter Allegmein Sonntagsxeitung, an employee of Volkswagen had also issued a warning in 2011, noting that the software could be a “violation” of the law. But both the warnings were ignored by management.