VW to store untested vehicles at delayed airport
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Volkswagen will store cars awaiting strict new emissions tests at Berlin鈥檚 under-construction airport, combining the German national embarrassments of the carmaker鈥檚 鈥渄ieselgate鈥 scandal and the much-delayed travel hub.
鈥淚n this case, our normal logistics spaces aren鈥檛 enough,鈥 a Volkswagen spokesman said yesterday, saying the firm faces delays to emissions tests on between 200,000 and 250,000 cars.
The firm will store vehicles at VW鈥檚 testing grounds near its Wolfsburg HQ as well as the Berlin airport and 鈥渋s looking into other spaces,鈥 he added.
Like other carmakers, VW is scrambling to adapt to a new emissions testing regime known as the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure or WLTP, forcing it to slow production in Wolfsburg as well as storing untested cars.
WLTP is designed to more accurately reflect vehicles鈥 emissions performance under real driving conditions, making it longer and more complex than previous procedures.
Volkswagen for years fooled regulators under previous testing regimes.
It admitted in 2015 to building software known as a 鈥渄efeat device鈥 into 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide, reducing harmful emissions in the lab but allowing them to shoot up in on-road driving.
Other carmakers like Daimler and BMW have since fallen under suspicion and this year were forced to recall thousands of vehicles for software updates.
As a blow to Germany鈥檚 pride in its engineering prowess and reputation for honesty in business, the endless, convoluted 鈥渄ieselgate鈥 scandal has been matched in recent years only by the succession of disasters at Berlin鈥檚 new international airport.
Slated to open in 2011, the opening of the hub named for former Chancellor Willy Brandt has been repeatedly delayed over issues ranging from fire safety to structural integrity.
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