It’s been big news for the past few months that the diesel engines from Volkswagen were actually emitting much more pollutants into the atmosphere than originally reported. This has become a major scandal that has affected Volkswagen around the world. Not only has the reputation of the company and brand become tarnished because of this negative reporting and cover up, but the fact that such a major automaker could be responsible for this type of scandal seemed to come at a huge surprise as Volkswagen was starting to gain sales growth that would make it closely rival some of the highest volume sellers on the market.
After spending billions of euros to pay for some of the problems this has caused, and the firing of several of the executives responsible, Volkswagen is starting to do what they need to make a change toward making these vehicles fit the standards of emissions. This scandal not only shone a light on Volkswagen as a whole, but also on the testing that goes on for emissions, creating a change to less predictability in the testing which forces automakers to be more transparent in their numbers. The changes Volkswagen have made and the upgrades they are offering have started making the emissions within regulations are going to cost the company a lot, but will start to make a positive change.
This first wave of changes has already been approved by Germany’s KBA motor transport authority includes a two part change to the diesel engines. This includes a software update that will take about thirty minutes to complete. In addition to this there will be a piece of mesh added to regulate the air flow which adds another thirty minutes of labor to install. This is being called a flow rectifier and it will be added to the front of the air mass sensor.
Adding the software and mesh are supposed to be the fixes needed for the diesel engines affected and will begin to take place right away. This fix will also be applied to rental cars that need them and will be a way that these Volkswagen models will have an upgrade that makes them have emissions that are within regulations. Not only will these two fixes be put in place but Volkswagen will pay for rental cars for those who need them in order to cut down on the inconvenience of this service being performed.
It may not sound like much, but with the number of Volkswagen vehicles affected by this scandal this fix will certainly cost the company a lot of money as it moves toward regaining its positive reputation. Word has not been spread as to whether or not this fix will be approved beyond Germany and certainly has not been approved in the US where the regulations are much more stringent than anywhere else. As we move forward with this scandal, it’s going to be interesting to see what Volkswagen must do to be approved in the US for changes, but this is certainly a good step forward.
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