The expert: Insider Tip behind the raid on the Renault – Dagens Industri

Tester made of German environmental organization DUH Group has shown that including Renault’s flagship model Espace exceeds the EU levels available for release. But Alrik Söderlind do not think there are measurements that led to the prosecutors did a search in the Renault factory premises.

“I guess it probably is an insider tip behind,” he says to D.

“French State is is also a shareholder in Renault. It could mean that they are acting aggressively to protect their own property, “he continues.

Volkswagen emissions scandal went out that the company manipulated the software which then showed that the cars had emissions below what was the case. Any such cheating is not detected in the other car manufacturers.

“But on the other hand are everybody in the industry has been very creative to show such low emissions as possible and which have French automakers excelled . When we conducted tests, we see that the French manufacturers’ emissions are consistently much higher than indicated, “said Alrik Söderlind.

There have been is a gray area in the laws and rules on how emissions to be measured and the car manufacturers have taken advantage to the maximum.

“You can compare carmakers’ action with a competition to run the 100 meters where some of the participants choose to outsource a travelators help on the way. There are things about the tests that are not expressly forbidden by the rules, and then utilizes the gray area. “

Volkswagen emissions scandal has , however, led to politicians and authorities shrunk the gray area considerably, something which will ultimately benefit the consumer, points out Alrik Söderlind.

To meet the new emission standards, car manufacturers need to invest to purify exhaust gases, which probably means that diesel cars are cleaner yet more expensive. This means that some automakers are sitting in a fox trap.

“For example, BMW can not afford to lose so much of their sales of diesel cars. If they sell for much gasoline cars their average consumption is too high and then they will be fined, “said Alrik Söderlind.

Do you think any other car manufacturer cheated the same way as Volkswagen
“No, I think not.”