Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-21
By: TOM KRISHER,MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal widened Friday

EPA says VW cheating software is on more vehicles. Associated Press

after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the German automaker used software to cheat on pollution tests on more six-cylinder diesel vehicles than originally thought.

Volkswagen told the EPA and the California Air Resources Board the software is on about 85,000 Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles with 3-liter engines going back to the 2009 model year. Earlier this month the regulators accused VW of installing the so-called “defeat device” software on about 10,000 cars from the 2014 through 2016 model years, in violation of the Clean Air Act.

The regulators said in a statement they will investigate and take appropriate action on the software, which they claim allowed the six-cylinder diesels to emit fewer pollutants during tests than in real-world driving.     [FULL  STORY]