In parallel with criminal investigations and those of the same Vw, entrusted to the US law firm Jones Day, Volkswagen is putting the machinery in motion to remove the references from 11 million engines the fraudulent software and to return the car online with emissions regulations. Wednesday night, the company has delivered to KBA, the German Office of the motor, the documents on the proposed solution for repairs. For a number of vehicles just a correction to the software, which will start in January 2016, while 3.6 million of them (according to the German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt) serve mechanical changes. This second type of repairs will start only in September 2016, and it will take years to complete them, as he admitted at the hearing yesterday to the US Congress Michael Horn, head of Volswagen of America: “The repair will take 5 to 10 hours vehicle, and it will take at least one to two years “with regard to the US market – Horn said.
The calls for the correction of software rigged to involve the Precision 10.8 million cars: 6.8 million Volkswagen and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Audi 2.1 million, 1.2 million and 700 thousand Seat Skoda. Most calls will cover cars registered in Germany (2.8 million), while Italy will be recalled 600 thousand vehicles.
Taken from Il Sole 24 Ore of 09.10.2015, page 3
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