The software that hides the smog, the US recall 500 thousand … – askanews

New York, 18 September (Askanews) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the US government ordered the recall of nearly 500,000 vehicles of the Volkswagen, accused of breaking the law by installing an application designed to circumvent environmental standards to reduce smog in the cars Audi and Volkswagen 4-cylinder engine produced between 2009 and 2015. It is a software that detects when the car is subjected to emissions testing, in order to take active control system on emissions only in that period of time. At other times, it is accused EPA, vehicles pollute much more than announced by the manufacturer. The software was created to hide the emission of nitrogen oxide. “Use a defeat in the machines to circumvent environmental standards is illegal and a threat to public health,” said Cynthia Giles, EPA official. The charges cover about 482,000 diesel cars sold in the US since 2009: the Volkswagen Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Passat and the Audi A3. Aer