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The car manufacturer Opel, a subsidiary of PSA, is subject to an investigation by the German authorities in connection with the scandal of diesel engines rigged, announced Saturday, July 14 the German Ministry of Transport. "There is an official hearing against Opel on three models (from the diesel standard) Euro 6 ," a spokesman for the ministry told AFP, adding that "nothing definite "could not be said before the final results of the procedure
" Solid Elements "
In its forthcoming edition on Sunday, the tabloid Bild which does not quote its sources, states that the Federal Automobile Agency KBA, the guardian of the German automotive sector, has "solid evidence" that the exhaust management system of some Opel diesel models will shut down completely while driving "for reasons that are not technically explainable ". According to Bild these are the models Cascada, Insignia and Zafira. In total, 60,000 vehicles would be affected worldwide, including 10,000 in Germany. They would exceed "more than 10 times" standards of emission of nitrogen oxide, written Bild . "Current production is not affected, however," the report continues, citing sources inside Opel. According to Bild the KBA informed Opel "this week" of his suspicions and gave him "two weeks" to give his answer.
"Opel received no information from KBA" However, the manufacturer announced on Twitter.
The KBA had already asked in 2016 to several manufacturers, including Opel, to reduce their emissions, recalls the German news agency DPA. Concerning Opel, 90.000 vehicles of the models pointed by Bild -Zafira, Cascada and Insignia- were then concerned. The procedure for voluntarily standardizing these models continues, said a spokesman for Opel, quoted by DPA.
The boss of Audi in prison
Opel had claimed in 2016 "do not install illegal software "in his cars. "Our engines meet legal standards," said the builder, recalls Bild .
The rigged diesel engine scandal erupted in September 2015, after the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) accused Volkswagen of having equipped 11 million of its diesel cars, including about 600,000 in the US, with software capable of distorting the results of pollution tests and concealing emissions sometimes exceeding 40 times the allowed standards . Since then, several German public prosecutors have opened investigations for fraud, stock market manipulation or misleading advertising against executives of Volkswagen and its brands Audi and Porsche, but also of Daimler and the equipment supplier Bosch. Several senior executives of Volkswagen, including former boss Martin Winterkorn, are subject to various investigations for fraud, manipulation of stock market or misleading advertising. In June, the German judiciary remanded the boss of Volkswagen's Audi manufacturer, the first incarceration of a very senior official in this sprawling investigation.
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