VW recall plan rejected

CEO Matthias Mueller said that as of now VW has only given technical data to the Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board.

VW responded that the rejection only applies to its initial recall plan submitted in December and that the company has been meeting with CARB to address a framework for resolving the cheating scandal. VW said it was “committed to working co-operatively with CARB and other regulators, and we plan to continue our discussions tomorrow when we meet with the EPA”.

“Volkswagen made a decision to cheat on emissions tests and then tried to cover it up”. Mr. Meuller’s words to NPR got the attention of his public relations staff at Volkswagen because the next day Meuller was again talking to NPR to clarify his previous comments.

Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller spoke to reporters at a company event on the eve of the Detroit auto show, acknowledging the company’s shortcomings and challenges, in addition to pointing a way… “We obviously have a keen interest in getting their legal issues solved so they can go back to selling cars”.

It also insisted Volkswagen was not moving fast enough to deliver the fix to its half-million affected owners of 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engines in the US.

VW has admitted to using software, known as a defeat device, in the 2009-2015 Audi A3 and the Volkswagen Beetle, Golf, Jetta and Passat TDI cars with 2.0-liter diesel engines to trick emissions tests.

The defeat device turns on pollution controls when the vehicle is undergoing emissions testing, and turns off when it is not being tested, allowing unauthorized amounts of poisonous nitrogen oxides to spew into the environment.

The Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board (CARB) negated VW’s recall blueprint for two-liter diesel cars, with CARB even flagging the automaker for 13 violations, as reported by USA Today.

“We appreciated the conversation with Volkswagen”, McCarthy said, “We will continue to work toward a solution”. It says that Volkswagen’s proposal doesn’t adequately explain how the repair will actually fix cars and what effect those fixes will have on emissions.

On his first US visit since the emissions scandal erupted in September, Mueller has been meeting with government officials in Washington since late Monday. Archer said VW would be the first to retrofit that type of system in a diesel auto, and it would undoubtedly be expensive.

McCarthy said last week that the agency hasn’t reached any agreement with VW after three months of discussions, and that she’s anxious to bring VW into compliance with the Clean Air Act.