In the wake of the software emissions scandal that broke last week, Volkswagen is now planning a recall of up to 11 million vehicles worldwide, according to Reuters. Today VW said their company is putting together a plan to fix the "cheat code" in the engine-control technology, which the company recently admitted was designed to defeat emissions tests.
The company made the announcement under pressure from Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority which demanded that it deliver a plan to fix the eleven million "cheat code" diesel cars by Oct. 7.
Volkswagen said today that its customer will learn details of the planned recall "in the next few weeks and months," reported Europe Auto News. Recently resigned Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is under investigation by German prosecutors. Winterkorn was under pressure to ensure the diesel-fueled vehicles beat its competitors' hybrid electric cars. Volkswagen bet on fuel efficient diesel-powered cars as opposed to the hybrid electric cars like its competitor Toyota's Prius, reported The New York Times.
Unfortunately, Volkswagen's engineers never made a vehicle with high mileage and low emissions that complied with U.S. fuel emissions laws.
Instead, they used engine-control software that detected when the car was getting an emissions test and made the engine emit the legally allowed levels of emissions. According to Green Car Reports, Volkswagen's cars emitted up to 35 times the allowed U.S. levels of nitrous oxides, chemicals that contribute to smog and pollute our environment.
11 million diesel vehicles contain this "cheating" software, reported U.S. News and World Report.
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