Paris. The authorities in France are investigating Renault for suspicion of fraud at the controls of pollutant emissions of your vehicles engine to a diesel engine, which made the shares of the car company, fell on Friday as a side-effect of the scandal of contaminants of Volkswagen.
Renault insisted that their vehicles are not equipped with software that seeks to trick the emissions controls and also complies with all applicable european and French.
The shares of Renault -one of the leading manufacturers of France and where the French state has a stake – fell 4 percent on Friday, but then rebounded 1.6 percent to 84.91 eur.
The procurator’s office in Paris reported that three judges, investigators opened an investigation around the practice of control of emissions of Renault and to see if you manufactured a product “dangerous to human health”.
The research is based on a case initiated by the fraud department of the Ministry of Economy, which gave their findings to prosecutors in November.
The French authorities raided the premises of the company after it emerged that Volkswagen used a software in their vehicles with diesel engines to fool the emissions testing in the united States. Renault withdrew 15 thousand vehicles because it was emitting excessive levels of harmful gases, but the automaker insisted that there was no proceed intentional.
The general director of Renault-Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, has said that despite the scandal of VW, your company will continue to develop diesel technology, in particular for trucks SUVS and other luxury vehicles.
In a press release this Friday, Renault took note of the investigation but said that their “vehicles are not equipped with deceptive software that affects the systems anti-pollution”. Added support to the european actions to toughen emission testing, and has taken steps to reduce the emissions of their own units in the last year”.
The local authorities are conducting a separate investigation around the practices of emissions of Volkswagen in France.
The ramifications of the scandal Volkswagen are coming to the entire industry after more than a year: the us government yesterday accused Thursday at Fiat Chrysler not to make it known that it had software in some vehicles that allow you to emit more pollution than is allowed.
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