Volkswagen’s newly appointed CEO Matthias Müller says he expects the
TDI scandal to generate a much higher bill than originally estimated.
During a tour of the Volkswagen’s headquarters in Germany,
Müller told the gathered press the €6.5 billion allocated so far to deal
with the dieselgate probably won’t be enough and the company will have
to set aside additional funds to cover the forthcoming expenses. He went
on to specify the money reserved so far are only for the recalls, so
obviously the Volkswagen Group will have to make some cuts from here and
there to gain access to a considerably higher amount of money taking
into account the upcoming fines will certainly generate a huge bill,
with Credit Suisse estimating a €78 billion worst case scenario.
When asked whether only a handful of employees were responsible for
the illegal defeat device installed on almost 11 million TDI cars,
Müller provided a rather evasive answer: “we are still deep in the
middle of the clarification, including the question of the possible
culprits and causes.” He also said the investigation is very complex and
goes all the way back to 2005 which is quite interesting taking into
account the special software made its debut on production cars three
years later.
According to a recent report, there are several software versions
for the EA189 1.2 TDI, 1.6 TDI and 2.0 TDI engines and depending on the
year, make and model of the car, Volkswagen will have to implement
software or both software and hardware modifications.
Source: worldcarfans.com
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