EU demand for Volkswagen campaign to ‘clean diesel’ – Diario Digital Juárez

Washington United States demanded Tuesday to Volkswagen deceive consumers by promoting diesel cars supposedly “clean” but had devices to cheat on the amount of gases pollutants emitted.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it filed a Federal Court order to compensate those who bought 550 thousand cars VW and Audi with that system between late 2008 and late 2015. The Commission also demanded that prohibit VW reuse such devices.

in its complaint, the FTC alleged that for seven years VW deceived consumers by promoting cars low emissions, adjusted to the rules against pollution and good resale value.

The cars involved were sold at an average price of about $ 28,000. “The hidden deceptive devices significantly reduce the resale value, according to the FTC

” For years, Volkswagen ads promoted cars “clean diesel” of the company and now they had systems to cheat tests emissions “of greenhouse gases, he said the president of the FTC Edith Ramirez.

” Our lawsuit seeks to compensate consumers who buy these cars Volkswagen based on deceptive and unfair practices, “he added.

Volkswagen, which owns 12 brands of cars and until recently had the ambition to become the largest manufacturer in the world, is facing problems after it was revealed that installed in diesel engines 11 million vehicles a computer program distort the results of the antipollution tests, especially in emissions of nitrogen oxides.

the software, known as a “device”, limits the output of oxides of toxic nitrogen during testing limits legal. But when vehicles are in actual use, the software allows dispose of toxic gases at levels up to 40 times the allowed. The problem affects vehicles of VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda brands.

The company is exposed to lawsuits and fines of billions of dollars.

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