Sunday, October 11, 2015

Counterfeit software in millions Audi – Göteborgs-Posten

Although Audi has counterfeit software in their vehicles. 2.1 million cars covered, according to Reuters.

Audi announced Monday that 2.1 million cars worldwide have been using the same software as Volkswagen to Cheating in US emissions tests, according to Reuters.

– Over 1.4 million Audi with the so-called EU-5 engines covered in Western Europe, of which 577 000 in Germany and almost 13,000 in the US, said a spokesman for Ingolstadt -based Audi.

The models covered are the A1, A3, A4, A5, TT, Q3 and Q5

Last week it was revealed Volkswagen to around 11 million cars of the Group’s brands worldwide around was covered by the emissions scandal.

Reuters also stated to the board in the scandal hit the car giant has been closed by their bosses for research and development that has been responsible for the Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche.

The German newspaper Bild reports that Volkswagen warned already eight years ago to release the cheating with the company’s diesel cars was illegal.

Picture has received a document from the company Bosch in 2007, which made the software Volkswagen will have tampered to show better results in the emission tests.

Bosch should have warned car giant to break the law.

It is still unclear whether cars in Sweden are affected, according to TT.

In terms since the end of the car giant now lost nearly 40 percent of its market capitalization as a result of the scandal that erupted a week ago.

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