The missing approvals for vehicles according to the new WLPT exhaust test lead to a lack of parking space Volkswagen , Therefore, the group gives way with numerous new cars on the Berlin Breakdown Airport BER out. On the site, the Group had rented space to park cars with delays, a VW spokesman confirmed a report by the “Handelsblatt”.
Background of the problems are new exhaust tests after the test cycle WLTP. From 1 September, only cars that have undergone this new test procedure may be registered. That’s why VW already produces numerous cars that are built to provide the test procedure. However, the releases for many of these models are still missing due to the Federal Motor Vehicle Office ,
Throughout the Group, it could come to the delivery delays in 200,000 to 250,000 vehicles by switching to the WLTP process, the spokesman said. Part of it will be parked in the rented parking spaces. “After our company holidays at the end of July, we will already have more clearances,” said the spokesman. In addition to the BER, VW is currently also using a group-owned test site in Ehra-Lessin near Wolfsburg. “We are considering leasing additional space,” the spokesman said.
Competitors already much further
Daimler and BMW, on the other hand, are already considerably ahead with their WLTP approvals. Both companies have already had significantly more models certified to the new emissions standards.
How far the VW Group lagged its competitors, shows a compilation of the ADAC , which contains well over 600 models that are already certified to the new exhaust standard (6d Temp). Only nine of them come from the Volkswagen Group, three from VW and six from Audi.
For Mercedes and BMW ADAC lists more than 120 models each. Also Opel (around 70) and Ford (45) are significantly further than the largest car manufacturer in the world.
Diesel affair burdened
Volkswagen explains the delay especially with the mortgage of the diesel affair. In the past two years, the development department had been permanently overloaded because the VW developers with new control programs for the diesel models with suspicious software had to write and get certified, quoted the “Handelsblatt” a group spokesman.
Moreover, there is no similar model variety in any other company. In the WLTP test, the values for more than 260 different engine / transmission variants would have to be determined.
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