Public prosecutor’s office is investigating Opel

Opel did not use fraud software like VW. The Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office has come to this conclusion. Recently, the manufacturer had changed the pressure on the politics of some diesel models, the engine control.


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Tuesday, 04.04.2017
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In the affair of excessive exhaust emissions of diesel engines, the prosecutor Frankfurt Opel no initial suspicion of a criminal offense. The authority put her pre-investigations against responsible of the automaker, as a spokeswoman for the authority said on Tuesday at the request of SPIEGEL. Earlier, the “Hessischer Rundfunk” reported on it.

The German environmental aid (DUH) had in May 2016 criminal charges against Opel due in part to false statements and health hazards. However, the investigators came after the evaluation of various reports and acts of the Exhaust Gas Examination Committee of the German Bundestag to the conclusion that there would be no evidence of crimes such as fraud or violations of environmental criminal law.

Opel has used in the view of the prosecutor “no test cycle recognition such as VW” in its diesel cars, the spokeswoman said. The exhaust emissions under test conditions had not been manipulated.

VW had admitted in September 2015to have installed illegal software in eleven million diesel cars of various brands worldwide. As a result, significantly lower levels of harmful nitrogen oxides were indicated during tests. In fact, the output was up to 40 times as high as allowed.

Encouraged changes to diesel models

Opel had repeatedly emphasized not to use shutdown software. Nevertheless, the car manufacturer had under pressure from Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt the engine control in the diesel variant of the model Zafira improved, A surveyor appointed by the Ministry of Transport had previously stated that the exhaust system of the car is reduced at higher speed or speed, Thus the type approval of the car was endangered.

In exhaust gas tests of the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) were also in the Opel model Insignia suspicious values ​​have been detected, As part of a voluntary recall, which is currently running, the diesel version of the Opel Insignia 2.0 with Euro 6 standard is ordered to the workshops.

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