VW to Present Emission Fixes to US Authorities

“We write to urge you to offer more robust compensation for drivers of all VW vehicles purchased in the United States that contained defeat devices used to circumvent NOS emissions control requirements”, U.S. Sen.

Gone were the company’s flashy presentations and pompous speeches at the Los Angeles Auto Show Wednesday when Volkswagen’s chief executive in America, Michael Horn, made an appearance.

“And we need a remedy to our customers, our dealers and the American people”.

The automaker is approaching a Friday deadline to submit draft plans for the fixes to the California Air Resources Board.

Newer cars might get easy software fixes and medium generation ones might need software and hardware components to fix the issue, Nichols said, according to the paper.

“She’s an innocent person who bought a auto that doesn’t meet federal standards [or] state standards [and] that did not do what they said it would do”.

The interactive map tracks the diesel Volkswagen registrations in California – with a high number in Silicon Valley and San Francisco for the models sold as eco-friendly. Those systems control how vehicles clean spent fuel before releasing it as exhaust. But older cars might have to be repurchased rather than fitted with new pollution control devices.

“They still have a dedicated fan base, many of them diesel owners and… the majority seems to be remaining loyal to the company”, Brauer said. The bulk of the 8.5 million affected cars in Europe have 2 litre diesel engines which only require a software update. VW denied those engines cheat the tests, but they stopped sales of implicated models.

As the investigation into the Volkswagen “dieselgate” emissions scandal continues, it seems inevitable that the tentacles of law-enforcers will reach beyond the walls of the German carmaker.

Horn said that while the company has expressed regret over its actions and “can’t stop apologizing”, it was fully aware that “apologies are not enough”. “Let me be very clear to you”, Horn said.

VW spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan said 120,000 owners have signed up to receive the gift cards – or about one quarter of the 482,000 vehicle owners covered by the emissions scandal.