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The testing would be in addition to the standard emissions test cycles already in place, the EPA said.

Labelling the manipulation of data as “unacceptable” and “illegal”, Alexander Dobrindt said vehicles with 1.2 litre engines may also have been involved in the fraud.

VW was found to have installed software on several of its diesel vehicles which would deliberately lower the vehicle’s pollutant output when it detected an emissions test being performed. Being that the European Union has stricter emissions regulations than the USA and...

The heads of the research and development teams for VW, Audi and Porsche have been temporarily kicked out of the company until the final details of the controversy have been cleaned up. But experts say it’s likely to cost much more as VW tries to comply with USA clean air...

The EPA sent letters to automakers on Friday to warn them that it will take new steps to prevent emissions test cheating.

It was beginning to make headway, at last.

MILAN/LONDON Sept 25 (Reuters) – European shares were higher on Friday, rebounding after testing 2015 lows in the previous session, as concern over the global economy eased and a sell-off of auto stocks began to slow.

Last Friday, the EPA issued a citation to Volkswagen for equipping almost 500,000 diesel-powered cars sold since 2009 with software that can detect when the vehicle is undergoing federal testing for smog-forming emissions.

Those events are what is causing massive turmoil with Volkswagen, the disclosure that 11 million diesel vehicles have software embedded in them that allow them to beat emissions certification tests.

Switzerland has banned the sale of Volkswagen cars caught up in the emissions scandal.

As the scandal unfolded, it was revealed that roughly 11 million vehicles globally were emitting toxic nitrogen oxides at a rate up to 40 times beyond American regulations.

BMW’s stock sank 5 percent Thursday after the German magazine Autobild reported that the company’s X3 xDrive polluted at more than 11 times the European standards, which are looser than USA rules.

“We have been informed that also in Europe, vehicles with 1.6 and 2.0 litre diesel engines are affected by the manipulations that are being talked about”.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday that it would introduce major changes to its diesel tests to avoid a repeat of Volkswagen’s cheating by installing a software that allows the vehicle to pass lab tests but spews emissions when driven.

The German luxury vehicle maker has denied any wrongdoing after claims that its BMW X3 diesel comfortably exceeds European emissions standards under real-world conditions.