“The technical solution that Volkswagen AG is applied to vehicles affected by NOx emissions offsets is approved by the German Transport Authority (KBA) which states that there are no changes in consumption, emissions or noise levels of vehicles in question “he said director of marketing for Siva in a written statement sent to Lusa.
” Only after this validation by KBA is that Volkswagen releases each model and version to be intervened, “added Ricardo Tomaz.
the head of Siva – importer of Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Bentley and Lamborghini to Portugal – reacted to Deco association’s position that, based on a study of an Italian counterpart, considered that the intervention that Volkswagen is doing in cars with fake emissions is useless and even aggravates the emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOX).
Bruno Santos, Deco / Protest, told Lusa that similar association Altroconsumo submitted a vehicle Audi A5 (2.0 engine ) Volkswagen to a “battery of tests in an Italian independent laboratory before the German brand intervention and after the intervention.
” the only change detected in the laboratory, to the values of NOx, is the its increase by more than 13% compared to the values measured before the intervention carried out in the workshops of the German mark. That is, the original problem is not corrected in any way. On the contrary, worsens “, accuses the association for the defense of consumer rights.
Although the technical intervention not be beneficial in terms of emissions, Deco, as a precaution, and because known whether this called the workshop is mandatory, recommends vehicle owners to call for interventions in the workshops to give positive response.
“it was good that the Portuguese State clarify whether this call for Volkswagens intervention is or is not mandatory “he defended Bruno Santos, also condemning the fact that the Audi A5 subject to testing in Italy, after technical intervention to correct the problem of emissions, have received a certificate of compliance, although this compliance not be confirmed by tests in the Italian laboratory .
“governments have to force Volkswagen to assess the effectiveness of its technical intervention,” recommended Bruno Santos.
on September 18, 2015 were publicly known test results the car emissions equipped with diesel engines of the Volkswagen group, for the Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda, concluding the existence of vehicles equipped with a device that allows the manipulation of information on emissions.
the German admitted the existence of 11 million cars in these circumstances, and in Portugal, according to information disclosed by Siva, it is estimated that there are about 94,000 affected vehicles, over 23,000 brand Seat, totaling 117 thousand vehicles
with regard to the treatment of Volkswagen’s customers in the European market against the US, Ricardo Tomaz reiterates that “Volkswagen has stated that it is two different realities:. while in America there is still no technical solution adopted for the affected vehicles (given the stricter legislation on NOx emissions), European customers are already being called to make a technical correction in their vehicles free of charge. “
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