{"id":1475,"date":"2015-09-28T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pavlakis-moschos.gr\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2022-03-09T12:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:06:34","slug":"dieselgate-scandal-noxious-emissions-volkswagen-vw-group-passenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pavlakis-moschos.gr\/en\/dieselgate-scandal-noxious-emissions-volkswagen-vw-group-passenger\/","title":{"rendered":"DIESELGATE: The scandal with the noxious emissions of Volkswagen (VW) Group passenger cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

DIESELGATE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The scandal with the noxious emissions of Volkswagen (VW) Group passenger cars<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Loud reactions in the automobile industry world and worry and anger to millions of consumers\/owners of diesel cars, in the United States, Europe, Greece and in the whole world have been caused by the recently revealed case of the Volkswagen (VW) diesel motor-vehicle engines by the American Authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

On September 19, 2015 the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States (EPA) announced that the diesel generators of several Volkswagen and Audi 2009-2015 cars have been equipped with software which falsifies the noxious gases emission data during emission checks. This results to the measurements appearing to be in compliance with the maximum emission limits set by the legislation, whereas these are greatly exceeded when the vehicle is on road.<\/span><\/p>\n

The US environmental protection authority EPA announced that the actual gas emissions of these engines are, particularly as far as the emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx) are concerned, some 10 to 40 times higher than the limits set by US legislation<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This software which has been installed by the manufacturer Volkswagen (VW), is a \u201cdefeat device\u201d, as this term is defined in the US Clean Air Act, as well as by the European Union legislation. According to the initial announcement of the Environmental Protection Agency of the USA, the device has been installed to approximately 500.000 passenger vehicles that have been placed into the US automobile market by Volkswagen Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 22 September 2015, in a dramatic turn of the case, Volkswagen announced that the specific device affects all vehicles fitted with the Type EA 189 Engine (diesel engines). As per the manufacturer, around 11 million cars with this type of engine have been sold and circulated around the globe, including Europe<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The evidence so far suggests that the very high gas emission of nitrogen oxides of the specific diesel engines found in the tests of the US Environmental Authorities, are also much higher than the \u2013more lenient \u2013limits set by European legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior officials of the VW automobile industry have admitted in the media that the software in question was placed knowingly in order to \u201ccheat\u201dthe emission gas tests! On September 23, 2015, the General Manager of Volkswagen confessed the scandal and resigned<\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the EPA public announcements, the deceitful software has been installed in diesel engines of following vehicle models:<\/span><\/p>\n