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California Rejects VW’s Fix for Cheater V-6 Diesels
The California Air Resources Board has rejected Volkswagen AG’s plan to bring emissions from its V-6 diesels into regulatory compliance as "incomplete" and "substantially deficient."
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The California Air Resources Board has rejected Volkswagen AG’s plan to bring emissions from its V-6 diesels into regulatory compliance as “incomplete” and “substantially deficient.”
Last year VW conceded that 85,000 Audi, Porsche and VW models it sold in the U.S.—including 16,000 vehicles in California—were rigged to evade emission laws. The company said it believed the engines could be repaired relatively easily.
But CARB says it won’t be able to determine until at least December whether the proposed remedy will work for all targeted vehicles. If not, VW could be forced to buy back at least some of the affected cars and crossovers.
Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency agrees with CARB’s assessment, leaving the fate of the carmakers 69,000 other V-6-powered diesels in the U.S. uncertain. A nationwide buyback program could cost VW $3 billion or more. That cost would be in addition to the $15.3 billion settlement VW reached last month to fix or buy back 475,000 4-cylinder cheater diesels in the U.S.
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