Volkswagen inowana rekodhi faindi yedieselgate muAustralia
Dare remubatanidzwa muAustralia rakatemera Volkswagen AG muripo wemadhora mamiriyoni zana nemakumi maviri nemashanu.
Dare remubatanidzwa muAustralia rakaraira Volkswagen AG kubhadhara rekodhi $125 miriyoni sefaindi mushure mekuwanikwa iine mhosva yekutyora mutemo wekuchengetedza vatengi veAustralia panguva yekunyomba kwekuburitswa kwedhiziri.
Kambani iyi yakambobvuma kubhadharisa faindi yemamiriyoni makumi manomwe neshanu emadhora, asi mutongi wedare remubatanidzwa Lindsey Foster akaishoropodza panguva iyoyo nekusanyanya kuomesera, kunyangwe yakapeta katatu rekodhi.
Volkswagen AG yakataura mukutaura kuti faindi yekutanga "yaive yakaringana," uye ichiwedzera kuti kambani "iri kutarisa nemazvo zvikonzero zvekuramba kwedare mari iyi" isati yaona "mumavhiki anotevera kuti ichakwidza here mutongo wedare. ."
Nezve rekodhi, Volkswagen AG yakabvuma kuti payakaedza kupinza mota dzinopfuura zviuru makumi mashanu nenomwe muAustralia pakati pa57,000 na2011, haina kuzivisa kuhurumende yeAustralia kuvepo kwesoftware yeTwo Mode, iyo yakabvumira mota kuburitsa yakaderera nitrogen oxides. (NOx) paunenge uchiongororwa marabhoritari.
"Maitiro eVolkswagen aive akashata uye nemaune," sachigaro weAustralian Competition uye Consumer Commission (ACCC) Rod Sims akadaro. "Iyi faindi inoratidza maitiro ekuwedzera zvirango zvekutyorwa kwemitemo yeAustralia yekudzivirira vatengi.
"Chaizvoizvo, software yeVolkswagen yakaita kuti mota dzayo dzedhiziri, mota nemavan dzifambe nenzira mbiri. Imwe yaive yakagadzirirwa kuyedzwa kwakanaka uye imwe yakashanda apo mota yacho yainyatso shandiswa uye ichiburitsa hutsi hwepamusoro. Izvi zvakavanzwa kubva kune vamiriri veAustralia uye makumi ezviuru zvevatengi veAustralia vanotyaira mota idzi. "
Sekureva kweACCC, iyo Maviri Mode software yakagadziridzwa neVolkswagen mainjiniya mu2006 uye "yakaramba iri pasi pekuputira kusvika yawanikwa mu2015."
"Dai mota dzeVolkswagen dzakakanganisika dzakaedzwa dzichishanda nenzira iyo vanhu vekuAustralia vaityaira, vangadai vakapfuura iyo NOx emission miganho inobvumidzwa muAustralia," mutongi akadaro mukuburitswa kwenhau.
"Mota dzeVolkswagen dzingadai dzisina kuwana zviyedzo zvadzakatambira paGreen Vehicle Guide webhusaiti dai hurumende yaziva mabatiro esoftware yeTwo Mode pamhedzisiro yekubuda," Sims akawedzera.
"Maitiro eVolkswagen akanganisa kutendeseka uye kushanda kwemitemo yemotokari yeAustralia, iyo yakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza vatengi."
Muna Zvita 2016, kambani yakaburitsa Engine Control Unit (ECU) update yakabvisa Two Mode software uye yave kuwanikwa yekusarudza Gorofu, Jetta, Passat, Passat CC, CC, Eos, Tiguan, Amarok neCaddy modhi dzine EA189. injini dzedhiziri.
Izvo zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti dare remubatanidzwa mhosva yakatarisana neVolkswagen Group Australia yakadzingwa zvachose, asi zvakafanana zvinoshanda kune Audi AG neAudi Australia.
