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Transport Minister Dobrindt: Audi has used illegal exhaust gas software
The Audi models A8 and A7 with V6 and V8 diesel engines of the years 2009 to 2013 are affected by the irregularities in exhaust emissions.

Now synonymous Schummelsoftware with the VW subsidiary: Audi has used according to words of the German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) prohibited exhaust gas software. The software had caused that was detected when the car was on a test bench - then the exhaust gas purification systems were switched on. 24,000 vehicles would have to be called back, said Dobrindt on Thursday in Berlin.

On Wednesday, the Audi A8 and the A7 models with V6 and V8 diesel engines were noticeable. These were vehicles of the years 2009 to 2013. On Thursday he spoke to VW boss Matthias Müller, said the minister.

Audi and VW had already agreed in a billions of billions with the US Department of Justice that they had sold around 83,000 cars in the US with Audi diesel engines and an illegal software there, which indicates lower exhaust gas values. Last year, the diesel technology had cost Audi 1.86 billion euros.

"Reworking still far from complete"
Audi's chief Rupert Stadler said at the annual press conference in March of this year: "As a consequence of the diesel affair, we are putting everything to the test at Audi." The processing is "not yet finished". But his company is doing everything "that something like the Diesel affair never happens again with us".

During the Audi annual press conference, more than 100 policemen and prosecutors had searched the headquarters of the car maker, further locations and apartments of employees. The prosecutor's office had "initiated an investigation against unknowns on suspicion of fraud and criminal prosecution". The purpose of the actions is to clarify who was involved in the use of the manipulated exhaust gas software and in false indications.

Dobrindt had shortly after the beginning of the VW exhaust gas scandal in September 2015 the "investigation committee Volkswagen". Consisting of experts from the Ministry of Transport, the Federal Office of Motor Vehicles (KBA) and scientific supervision by the Munich professor Georg Wachtmeister, they assessed the effects of the VW exhaustion scandal. On the other hand, it should check whether non-authorized so-called exhaust gas shut-off devices were used for diesel vehicles of other manufacturers.
(APA / dpa)

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