The ongoing Dieselgate scandal at the Volkswagen Group regarding special software created specifically for the sole purpose of allowing cars to cheat during the emissions tests might increase even more in magnitude according to the latest report.
German weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag says the California Air Resources Board discovered about four months ago a special software in one of Audi’s automatic gearboxes developed to artificially lower emissions. The paper says the software in question is different than the one that led to the Dieselgate and was used not only in TDI-powered cars, but also in models fitted with gasoline engines.
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