U.S. approves first fix for 70,000 polluting VW diesel vehicles
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Fri Jan 6, 2017 | 12:31pm EST
U.S. approves first fix for 70,000 polluting VW diesel vehicles
By David Shepardson | WASHINGTON
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a fix for about 70,000 polluting Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) diesel vehicles, it said on Friday.
The German automaker agreed to buy back up to 475,000 polluting 2009-2015 vehicles in June at a cost of as much as $10.033 billion, or fix them if regulators approved.
The vehicles covered by the approved fix are the 2015 diesel Volkswagen Beetle, Golf, Golf SportWagen, Jetta, Passat and 2015 diesel Audi A3.
The fix involves an initial software change available now. A second phase of the fix will start about a year from now when VW will install more software updates and new hardware, including a diesel particulate filter, diesel oxidation catalyst and NOx catalyst.
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