The VW dieselgate saga continues as the company is set to recall more than 300,000 vehicles across India as a government-ordered probe into its diesel models showed emissions exceeding permissible limits.
This discovery came after the Automotive Research Association of India found significant variations between on-road tests and those done in laboratories. They have discovered that around 323,700 cars from the Volkswagen Group sold in India have been installed with the diesel emissions cheating software which is used by over 11 million VW cars worldwide.
Volkswagen Group said that it would present a solution to the ministry and ARAI for approval, and carry out the recall in stages. The plan would include a software update and involves the Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda brands.
Besides this issues as well as the aforementioned 11 million cars being recalled worldwide by Volkswagen, the company is also facing the prospect of recalling an additional 85,000 VW, Audi and Porsche models in the United States with a potentially cheating 3.0-litre diesel as well as a further 800,000 cars in Europe with irregular carbon dioxide ratings.
VW has already undergo repairs for some of the affected diesel engines in Europe, and the company can allegedly fix the emissions problem with new software and small hardware changes. The situation is trickier in the US where regulators still need to approve any proposed solutions.
