Germany probes VW’s new charges
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German prosecutors said yesterday that they have launched a preliminary investigation against auto giant Volkswagen regarding new allegations it understated the carbon dioxide emissions of up to 800,000 cars.
“We have launched a preliminary investigation, but have not yet decided whether to launch a formal inquiry,” said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutors in Brunswick, north Germany.
That decision would likely be made next week, she explained, adding that the aim of a preliminary probe was to gather and evaluate the available information to determine whether it was sufficient to launch a formal inquiry.
VW is currently engulfed in a massive pollution-scandal that has so far centered on so-called defeat devices, sophisticated software fitted into diesel engines to skew the results of tests for nitrogen oxide emissions.
Those allegations are the object of both regulatory and criminal probes in several countries, including Germany.
But on Tuesday, the embattled auto giant said an internal probe had uncovered “inconsistencies” on carbon emissions as well, affecting not only diesel engines but petrol engines, too.
Nitrogen oxide is a pollutant associated with respiratory problems. In contrast, CO2 is a greenhouse gas which traps heat from the sun and is blamed for man-made climate change.
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