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.
These are the accusations that are emerging in the German press in the last hours. According to reports from Bild am Sonntag, Bosch, auto parts supplier that produced the device, the group had warned back in 2007 that this is not legal. A spokesman Bosch he has argued that the company can not comment on the details, calling into question a confidentiality agreement with his business partner.
As another newspaper, the Frankfurter Allegmein Sonntagsxeitung , also an employee of Volkswagen had issued a warning in 2011, noting that the software could be a violation of the law. Both warnings, however, would have been ignored by management.
The new CEO of VW, Matthias Mueller, intends to make a clean sweep. “ Volkswagen will result in a ruthless cleaning internal to delete all the tricks used in tests for the emissions of its vehicles. The group German, Mueller writes with the workers’ representative, Bernd Osterloh “ develop and implement the most stringent standards of governance and compliance in industry ” .
The German authorities meanwhile are putting pressure on the automaker, asking that defines by 7 October with a timetable which will ensure that his diesel vehicles meet the national standards of gas emissions without the use of technologies rigged .
It is confirmed while the stop sales in Italy. Yesterday Volkswagen sent a letter to all dealers Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda and commercial vehicles and ordered to immediately suspend “ the sale of all cars EUR 5, as a precautionary measure pending receipt of further information and details . “
A real blow to block around 40 thousand cars in dealerships and pizzali It brings more problems for many retailers already damaged by an unprecedented industry crisis that finally seemed resolved after almost ten years of losses. But the premier Matteo Renzi , speaking from New York, the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, thinks otherwise: “ I’m not worried, I do not fear repercussions on Italian growth. It is an environmental catastrophe, is a scandal and as such will be punished “, he said.
Meanwhile, another German manufacturer, Daimler, wrote to about 11 thousand owners of Mercedes Sprinter van for an update of the software connected to the system of emissions in order to prevent “possible problems with authority and controllers”. This was reported by the Welt Am Sonntag, but the company replies that the recall from last June “has absolutely nothing to do with the current problems Volkswagen”.
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