Automakers Not Doing Enough To Cut Emissions, Say NGO That Blew Lid On VW Scandal

by Industry Week | Technology

* Some 11 Million Cars are feared to have been affected by the VW scandal.

In September 2015, a revelation that Volkswagen had installed a software capable of evading detection during auto tests, led to the exit of it then CEO Martin Winterkorn who had to resign just one day to the renewal of his contract.

But five months after the revelation, the NGO is back, warning that auto makers in Europe were still not doing enough to cut carbon emissions.

The International Council on Clean Transportation said in Berlin that the sector as a whole is still lagging in its efforts to curb pollution.

In a report by Industry Week, the NGO said "European automakers are still not doing enough to cut carbon gas emissions, according to the non-governmental organization that blew the whistle on Volkswagen’s pollution-cheating scandal."

ICCT revelation over the VW scam was responsible for the auto-makers deep crisis.

 

Vicente Franco, of ICCT’s Berlin office said: `The VW scandal was “an extreme case, but higher emissions are the norm” in the automobile sector, adding “No manufacturer is perfect.”

But despite an official apology and a bogus plan to recall nearly 11 million vehicles affected, Volkswagen has faced massive fines from the US government. It was expected to unveil plan to begin the recall of some 2 million vehicles from France this February.

Five months after that exposure however, auto makers have once again been berated for not doing enough to reduce carbon emissions.

The International Council on Clean Transportation said in Berlin that the sector as a whole is still lagging in its efforts to curb pollution.

In a report by Industry the NGO said "European automakers are still not doing enough to cut carbon gas emissions, according to the non-governmental organization that blew the whistle on Volkswagen’s pollution-cheating scandal."

Coming from the same NGO that uncovered the VW scam in September it was no surprise.

ICCT revelation over the VW scam was responsible for the auto-makers deep crisis. It said The VW scandal was “an extreme case, but higher emissions are the norm” in the automobile sector, said Vicente Franco, of ICCT’s Berlin office. “No manufacturer is perfect.”

The event was a round-table discussion on the VW scandal organized by the environmentalist Green party in German parliament .

`While the scandal had raised awareness of the subject, automakers had “come up with answers that point toward loopholes in regulation rather than technical answers,” Franco said adding “Regulatory proposals for RDE (real diesel emissions) recently are an improvement, a step in the right direction, but insufficient.”

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