Dieselgate, Handelsblatt: face painting emissions Software was invented … – The Press

dieselgate has deep roots. And different. From 18 September 2015 onwards, all blame was “discharged” on Volkswagen (also to safeguard the other brands), but the official liturgy has suffered a huge blow. The German business newspaper, Handelsblatt , reveals that the so-called “ defeat device ” would be developed in Audi even in the 1999 . Although the system would never have been installed, it would be the Ingolstadt engineers and develop the technology, presented under the name “ Acoustic Mode .” Martin Murphy in the service, which the opening of today’s paper has been granted, it is clear that even the American law firm who for months has been conducting an internal investigation would collect such claims. For the moment, the Volkswagen group has refused to comment on the revelation. That would not change the substance of things, but it would shift back in time the hands of handling project.

At the end of the second millennium, the engineers of the house of the four rings would have considered too restrictive future European emission standards 0.5 grams of NOx per kilometer from 2001, a value that the United States would only introduced three years later. The problem to solve – informs the head – concerned the noise and vibration of diesel engines. The engineers had intervened with a different set of control systems, however, they had a contra : increased the release of nitrogen oxides . The “defeat devices” would have been fine-tuned to get the approvals : had to ensure that emissions were in accordance to vehicles when they were applied to the test equipment. The software was not installed because at that time was considered illegal . But in the 2005 has been fished out of Volkswagen, when the brand wanted to launch a major offensive on diesel engines overseas, where in the meantime, the limit was lowered to 0.4 g / km on the diesel engines .

In the Volkswagen Group engineers are always to have the last word. And their careers depend on the results obtained, usually going from one brand. It would seem obvious that when, over 10 years ago, you had to find a solution to the problem of emissions under strong pressure from the top, someone has “remembered” the Acoustic Mode, then also updated with a software provided by Bosch . On April 28, when a Berlin will host the annual press conference (already delayed), Volkswagen may not have all the answers that the public expects. What is certain is that if the Group had the affair fell into oblivion, was wrong. As it probably is mistaken in speaking of a few people involved. And, apparently, even downloading the whole responsibility of a single brand.