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Volkswagen’s Dieselgate fix has hit a brick wall in California, as the proposition was refused by the California Air Resources Board.
CARB has issued a press release in which it details the reasons for rejecting Volkswagen’s proposed method of fixing the 2.0-liter TDI engines affected by the Dieselgate scandal. The CARB’s decision only applies to the 75,688 units affected that are in California, but the situation might not stay this way, as the Environmental Protection Agency took note of the Board’s decision and agreed with its conclusion.
As CARB’s press release notes, Volkswagen’s submitted repair solution for the cars affected by the Dieselgate issue is “incomplete, substantially deficient, and falls far short of meeting the legal requirements to return these vehicles to the claimed certified configuration.”
The statement clearly shows the California Air Resources Board and the Environmental Protection Agency’s intentions of obliging Volkswagen to make all the Dieselgate-affected vehicles comply with the homologated emissions and fuel economy figures, described in the document as the “claimed certified configuration.”
According to CARB, Volkswagen’s proposal does not properly address the engine, the vehicle’s overall operation, and all the related emission control technologies. The CARB rejected Volkswagen’s proposed fix on fears that the solution could impact the affected vehicles’ projected lifespan or their fuel economy.
Volkswagen has not encountered such issues in Europe with its proposed fix for the four-cylinder engines of the EA189 family that are affected by the Dieselgate situation. On the Old Continent, Volkswagen submitted a “flow rectifier” installed on the intake tubing, in front of the mass air flow sensor, along with a software update.
The difference between the fix proposed for the US market and the modifications that will be applied to European Volkswagen TDIs is in the legislative discrepancies between the two continents. The USA has stricter emission regulations than the European Union.
The German company has until February to submit a proposed fix for its V6 TDI units affected by the Dieselgate scandal.
As CARB’s press release notes, Volkswagen’s submitted repair solution for the cars affected by the Dieselgate issue is “incomplete, substantially deficient, and falls far short of meeting the legal requirements to return these vehicles to the claimed certified configuration.”
The statement clearly shows the California Air Resources Board and the Environmental Protection Agency’s intentions of obliging Volkswagen to make all the Dieselgate-affected vehicles comply with the homologated emissions and fuel economy figures, described in the document as the “claimed certified configuration.”
According to CARB, Volkswagen’s proposal does not properly address the engine, the vehicle’s overall operation, and all the related emission control technologies. The CARB rejected Volkswagen’s proposed fix on fears that the solution could impact the affected vehicles’ projected lifespan or their fuel economy.
Volkswagen has not encountered such issues in Europe with its proposed fix for the four-cylinder engines of the EA189 family that are affected by the Dieselgate situation. On the Old Continent, Volkswagen submitted a “flow rectifier” installed on the intake tubing, in front of the mass air flow sensor, along with a software update.
The difference between the fix proposed for the US market and the modifications that will be applied to European Volkswagen TDIs is in the legislative discrepancies between the two continents. The USA has stricter emission regulations than the European Union.
The German company has until February to submit a proposed fix for its V6 TDI units affected by the Dieselgate scandal.
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