Continental caught up in VW emissions crisis

FRANKFURT -- Continental mentioned application program it provided to VW that wound up up in the auto-maker "cheat" diesel engines cannot be manipulated to rig discharges evaluation results.
Application program in the German provider is a portion of the engine-control method for 1.6-liter variations of the e a 189 engines caught up in VW Group's discharges scandal.
German opponent, Robert Bosch, provided engine administration computer software for 2.0-liter e a 189 diesels that U.S. regulators mentioned were manipulated with a "defeat" apparatus to mislead emissions control evaluations.
A Continental spokesman stated: "We're confident that the app that people deliver to Volkswagen isn't suitable to falsify any discharges evaluation results." Volkswagen, as an individual, was accountable for certification and programing of the application, the spokesman told Automotive News Europe.
VW team might need to remember up to 1 1 million automobiles worldwide from its Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat and light-commercial car manufacturers to repair computer software that will cheat emissions checks.
In a a study, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag stated the manipulated applications in the 2.0-liter motor will be an effortless repair. Cars will soon be remembered to the workshop to get a computer software up date, the newspaper said.
The program that has been manipulated in the 1.6-liter motor will be a more expensive fix because the injector nozzle must be replaced together with a software update, as stated by the report.
Several VW engineers have declared to installing the cheat computer software in 2008, in accordance with Bild am Sonntag. The conclusion was taken because there was no other method to adhere to U.S. requirements for nitrogen oxides (NOx) while satisfying internal price objectives. In a a study the other day Bild am Sonntag stated it could cost 300 euros per motor to make use of a urea system which will empower the engine to match NOx conditions.
Bosch has mentioned it'd shipped parts to Volkswagen which are now in the centre of a probe into rigged emissions checks but stated obligation for configuring managing features of the parts lies with Volkswagen. Bosch additionally warned Volkswagen in 2007 that it will be illegal to make use of engine administration computer software it provided to VW for evaluation functions for manufacturing vehicles, according Bild am Sonntag.
The WSJ reported that one of one of the plaintiffs' lawyers pursuing lawful action in the discharges-examining scandal has sent a "record preservation" letter to Bosch, requesting its execs to keep records that may pertain to emissions-associated parts provided to Volkswagen. File-preservation letters really are a program lawful maneuver by lawyers considering how generally to cast their net in judicial proceedings, the newspaper said.

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05.10.2015
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