Volkswagen ilandila chindapusa cha dieselgate ku Australia
Bwalo lamilandu ku Australia lagamula Volkswagen AG chindapusa cha $125 miliyoni.
Bwalo lamilandu ku Australia lalamula kampani ya Volkswagen AG kuti ilipire chindapusa cha $125 miliyoni itapezeka ndi mlandu wophwanya malamulo oteteza ogula ku Australia pamwambo wotulutsa dizilo.
Kampaniyo idavomera kale chindapusa cha $ 75 miliyoni, koma woweruza wa khothi la federal Lindsey Foster adazidzudzula panthawiyo kuti sizinali zankhanza, ngakhale zinali pafupifupi katatu zomwe zidalipo panthawiyo.
Volkswagen AG inanena m'mawu ake kuti chindapusa choyambirira "chinali chokwanira," ndikuwonjezera kuti kampaniyo "ikuyang'ana mosamala zifukwa zomwe khoti linakanira ndalamazi" asanasankhe "m'masabata akubwerawa ngati achita apilo chigamulo cha khoti. ."
Mwambiri, Volkswagen AG idavomereza kuti itayesa kutumiza magalimoto opitilira 57,000 ku Australia pakati pa 2011 ndi 2015, silinaulule boma la Australia kupezeka kwa pulogalamu ya Two Mode, yomwe idalola kuti magalimotowo azitulutsa mpweya wochepa wa nitrogen oxides. (NOx) pamene akuyesedwa ma laboratory.
"Makhalidwe a Volkswagen anali onyansa komanso mwadala," wapampando wa Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Rod Sims adatero. "Chilangochi chikuwonetsa momwe zilango zikuchulukira chifukwa chophwanya malamulo aku Australia oteteza ogula.
"M'malo mwake, pulogalamu ya Volkswagen idapangitsa kuti magalimoto a dizilo, magalimoto ndi ma vani aziyenda m'njira ziwiri. Imodzi inapangidwa kuti iyesedwe bwino ndipo ina inkagwira ntchito pamene galimotoyo inkagwiritsidwa ntchito ndipo imatulutsa mpweya wambiri. Izi zabisidwa kwa olamulira aku Australia komanso ogula masauzande aku Australia omwe amayendetsa magalimoto awa. "
Malinga ndi ACCC, pulogalamu ya Two Mode idapangidwa ndi injiniya wa Volkswagen ku 2006 ndipo "inakhala pansi mpaka itapezeka mu 2015."
"Akadakhala kuti magalimoto okhudzidwa a Volkswagen adayesedwa akugwira ntchito momwe anthu aku Australia akuyendetsa, akanadutsa malire a NOx omwe amaloledwa ku Australia," wolamulirayo adatero pofalitsa nkhani.
"Magalimoto a Volkswagen sakadalandira mavoti omwe adalandira patsamba la Green Vehicle Guide ngati boma likadadziwa momwe pulogalamu ya Two Mode imakhudzira zotsatira za mayeso a mpweya," adawonjezera Sims.
"Makhalidwe a Volkswagen asokoneza kukhulupirika ndi kugwira ntchito kwa malamulo oyendetsa galimoto ku Australia, omwe amapangidwa kuti ateteze ogula."
Mu Disembala 2016, kampaniyo idatulutsa zosintha za Engine Control Unit (ECU) zomwe zidachotsa pulogalamu ya Two Mode ndipo tsopano zikupezeka pamitundu ya Golf, Jetta, Passat, Passat CC, CC, Eos, Tiguan, Amarok ndi Caddy yokhala ndi EA189. injini za dizilo.
Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti mlandu wa khoti la federal lotsutsana ndi Volkswagen Group Australia unachotsedwa kwathunthu, pomwe zomwezo zimagwiranso ntchito kwa Audi AG ndi Audi Australia.
