Dieselgate, Horn in the US: “Changing software is not enough” [VIDEO] – Omniauto

To exit the Dieselgate changing software is not enough, in most cases requires action even hardware . A support is Michael Horn , the number one of Volkswagen in the United States, who spoke before the US Congress. “On behalf of the company and my colleagues in Germany and my staff, I want to offer sincere apologies for use by Volkswagen of software that was used to circumvent the test,” said Horn, adding: “It ‘s been some engineer that he did. ” Investigations, both internal and from the international authorities, have been going on in America and in the meantime the demand for EPA approval in 2016 for the diesel 2.0 TDI has been suspended. Meanwhile, waiting for the call that will be in January, was initiated – also in Italy – the procedure to check if your engine is involved in Dieselgate (you can call, here you will find the phone numbers for all the brands, or you can check online, as we explained in the video).

Horn: “This is how we can repair the damage”

The engines involved in Dieselgate soon be able to meet the emission standards of CO2 . Michael Horn is convinced and in the face of US politicians went into detail. Cars equipped with the first generation of the 2.0 turbo diesel EA189 (from the Jetta TDI in 2009), they will need to change hardware and software; we are talking about about 325,000 cars . Then there are 90,000 other cars equipped with the second generation of this engine (including diesel Passat 2012), which could require the same procedure, while only 67,000 cars – equipped with the third generation of the motor – can meet the standards on CO2 emissions with only a software upgrade. Horn has also added details on the timing of repairs: for older cars will take 5 to 10 hours work in the workshop. Not much, but consideranto the high number of cars involved in the recall it will take about a year to “fix them” all.

Apologies and admissions: “I knew from the 2014″

At the Congress American Horn also admitted to be aware of more than one year. “In the spring 2014 , when the study of the University of West Virginia was published, I had been informed of possible non-compliance regarding emissions, and that it would be remedied. I was aware that the EPA regulations also included sanctions “… However Horn said that, as far as I knew, the company’s engineers were working to resolve the problem and that they were doing it even in synergy with the EPA. Only later he would know that it was a real trick. On 3 September, during a meeting with the California Air resources Board (CARB) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), emerged “that the four-cylinder diesel vehicles of the years between 2009 and 2015, there was a ‘ manipulation software ‘hidden that could recognize when a vehicle he was down the street or in a’ test laboratory ‘. The software allowed higher emissions when he was on the street rather than in a laboratory test. “At this point he reiterated that such decisions were never shared with top management and that” Volkswagen is prepared to accept the consequences of what done “.

Photo: The New York Times

Dieselgate, Michael Horn speaks to the US Congress

The number 1 of Volkswagen in America admits to knowing from 2014 and apologizes with Congress