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VW Adds 85,000 Engines to List of U.S. Cheater Diesels
Volkswagen AG says 85,000 of its 3.0-liter V-6 diesels sold in the U.S. over the past six years were designed to evade emission tests.
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Volkswagen AG says 85,000 of its 3.0-liter V-6 diesels sold in the U.S. over the past six years were designed to evade emission tests. The figure is more than eight times the number identified earlier this month by regulatory agencies.
The V-6 engines join 482,000 4-cylinder VW rigged diesels uncovered by the Environmental Protection Agency in September, bringing the total population to 567,000 vehicles.
Earlier this month EPA and the California Air Resources Board identified 10,000 noncompliant V-6 diesels in 2014-2015 model Audi, Porsche and VW vehicles. The company initially declared the accused vehicles had no “forbidden” devices on board, but it suspended sales of the affected models anyway.
On Thursday VW reversed its position, telling officials that all V-6 diesels it sold in the U.S. since 2009—at least 85,000 in total—were equipped with software designed to manipulate federal emission tests. An unspecified number of 2016 models also contain the illegal software.
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