IVolkswagen ithola inhlawulo yerekhodi ngedizili e-Australia
Inkantolo yombuso yase-Australia igwebe iVolkswagen AG inhlawulo engu-$125 million.
Inkantolo yombuso yase-Australia iyalele iVolkswagen AG ukuthi ikhokhe inhlawulo engu-$125 million ngemuva kokutholwa inecala lokwephula umthetho wokuvikela abathengi e-Australia ngesikhathi kuqhubeka umkhonyovu wokukhishwa kwegesi likadizili.
Le nkampani phambilini yayivumelene nenhlawulo eyizigidi ezingama-75 zamaRandi, kodwa ijaji lenkantolo yombuso uLindsey Foster wayigxeka ngaleso sikhathi ngokungabi nokhahlo ngokwenele, yize yayiphindwe kathathu irekhodi langaleso sikhathi.
I-Volkswagen AG esitatimendeni ithe inhlawulo yokuqala “ibiyimali efanelekile,” wengeza ngokuthi inkampani “ibhekisisa kahle izizathu zokuthi inkantolo iyichithe le mali” ngaphambi kokunquma “emasontweni ezayo ukuthi izosiphikisa yini isinqumo senkantolo. ."
Ngokwerekhodi, iVolkswagen AG ivumile ukuthi ngesikhathi izama ukungenisa izimoto ezingaphezu kuka-57,000 e-Australia phakathi kuka-2011 no-2015, ayizange idalule kuhulumeni wase-Australia ukuba khona kwesoftware ye-Two Mode, evumele izimoto ukuthi zikhiqize ukukhishwa okuncane kwe-nitrogen oxides. (NOx) lapho uhlolwa elabhorethri.
"Ukuziphatha kweVolkswagen bekukubi futhi kwenziwa ngamabomu," kusho usihlalo we-Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) uRod Sims. “Le nhlawulo ikhombisa ukuthambekela kokukhuphuka kwezinhlawulo zokwephulwa kwemithetho yokuvikela abathengi yase-Australia.
“Empeleni isoftware yakwaVolkswagen yenze izimoto zayo zikadizili, izimoto namaveni zisebenze ngezindlela ezimbili. Eyodwa yayiklanyelwe ukuhlolwa okuhle kanti enye yasebenza ngesikhathi imoto isisetshenziswa futhi ikhiqiza igesi ekhishwa kakhulu. Lokhu kufihliwe kubalawuli base-Australia kanye namashumi ezinkulungwane zabathengi base-Australia abashayela lezi zimoto."
Ngokusho kwe-ACCC, isofthiwe ye-Two Mode yathuthukiswa onjiniyela bakwa-Volkswagen ngo-2006 futhi "yagcinwa ngaphansi kokugoqa kwaze kwaba yilapho itholakala ngo-2015."
"Ukube izimoto zeVolkswagen ezithintekile zihlolwe ngenkathi zisebenza kumodi yase-Australia eshayelayo, ngabe zidlule imingcele yokukhishwa kwe-NOx evunyelwe e-Australia," kusho umlawuli ekukhululweni kwabezindaba.
"Izimoto zakwaVolkswagen bezingeke zithole izilinganiso ezizithole kusizindalwazi seGreen Vehicle Guide ukube uhulumeni wazi ngomthelela we-software ye-Two Mode emiphumeleni yokuhlolwa kokukhipha umoya," kwengeza uSims.
"Ukuziphatha kweVolkswagen kubukela phansi ubuqotho nokusebenza kwemithetho yase-Australia yokuthengwa kwezimoto, eklanyelwe ukuvikela abathengi."
NgoZibandlela wezi-2016, inkampani yakhipha isibuyekezo se-Engine Control Unit (ECU) esasusa isofthiwe ye-Two Mode futhi manje isiyatholakala kumamodeli eGolf, Jetta, Passat, Passat CC, CC, Eos, Tiguan, Amarok kanye neCaddy ahlome nge-EA189. izinjini diesel.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi icala lenkantolo yombuso elibhekene neVolkswagen Group Australia lachithwa lonke, kanti okufanayo kusebenza naku-Audi AG kanye ne-Audi Australia.
