By Markus Wacket and Edward Taylor
BERLIN / FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The scandal at Volkswagen emissions testing extended to other members auto industry Friday when the leading German manufacturers agreed to review 630,000 vehicles to change software diesel engines which are blamed for high pollution.
vehicles diesel Porsche, Volkswagen, Opel, Audi and Mercedes will be reviewed to fix their systems, engine management, said an official of the German Government, within a broad campaign against emissions of nitrogen oxides, harmful to health.
BMW, which has invested in fuel-saving technologies before their rivals, not part of the review, the official said.
The systems and management software engines are in the spotlight since Volkswagen (VW) admitted in September that it had installed programs that manipulated testing diesel emissions.
Late Thursday, VW reached an agreement to avoid a trial by the Justice Department of the United States, the State of California, the Agency for Environmental Protection and the Federal Comsión of Commerce, in addition lawyers owners vehicles that filed a class action.
Although not detected that no other manufacturer has used these devices to mask emissions, environmental groups and regulators have criticized the generalizdo use sistmas motor management that disconnect treating emissions to improve performance engine and increase the interval between services.
the tests in Europe have found that several manufacturers used a loophole that allowed them to reduce treatments emissions under certain circumstances, ostensibly to protect engines.
After performing many tests, the authority of German transportation, KBA, questioned whether the use of this loophole was always justified and necessary, the official said.
on the other hand, Daimler, parent Mercedes-Benz, said late on Thursday that the US Justice Department had Peddio investigate the certification process emissions from their vehicles
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