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Germany Probes Possible Porsche Fuel Economy Cheating
Germany authorities confirm they are investigating whether Volkswagen AG’s Porsche unit equipped some of its vehicles with electronic devices to cheat on fuel economy tests.
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Germany authorities confirm they are investigating whether Volkswagen AG’s Porsche unit equipped some of its vehicles with electronic devices to cheat on fuel economy tests.
The probe joins an investigation launched last month by the transport ministry and Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) into the same question involving VW’s Audi brand.
Reports say investigators are looking for evidence of a device that could artificially lower carbon dioxide emissions during emission testing. Doing so also would improve fuel efficiency readings. VW admitted last year it rigged 11 million diesels to detect government certification procedures, then temporarily lower nitrogen oxide emissions to enhance test results.
Porsche tells Bloomberg News its vehicles complied with emission and fuel economy standards in place at the time the vehicles were registered.
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