Volkswagen condition may be getting worse, because Reuters on Saturday (17/10/2015), get new data from three sources who know about dieselgate. All three reveal information, Defeat device used to fool Volkswagen diesel fuel emissions testing in the United States (US) turned out to be more than one kind.
More versions mean more increases the likelihood of Volkswagen employees involved in this case. Earlier, the US Volkswagen boss Michael Horn, said the software is the cause of the scandal was made by a handful of people in the company. But in recent German media reveal the number of workers involved reaches at least 30 people.
When the product was proven manipulation involving more senior executives, the penalty for Volkswagen of USA will be more severe.
Defeat device is said to be first used in 2008 in a diesel engine EA189, EA288 after it pinned. Allegedly, Volkswagen also developed a device according Defeat updates the new engine generation.
In the old diesel car models, Volkswagen found the car a make NOx (nitrogen oxides) are caught up not much comes out at the end of the muffler. Then starting in 2012, Volkswagen began to implement new technologies, Selective Catalytic Reduction.
Sophisticated, methods of reducing harmful emission levels for humans that run automatically because the car can be aware of being tested. But worse, after passing the test, the car emits 40 times as much.
Volkswagen now delays the registration application in 2016 models of diesel vehicles in the US because it still uses Defeat device. Until now the number of vehicles that will be pulled back to be repaired reach 11 million units worldwide.
