Volkswagen working on a 'technical solution' for cheating diesel cars

BERLIN — Volkswagen's CEO has promised a fix for the cars affected by the ongoing Dieselgate scandal by October. The company also said commercial vehicles and cars from its Spanish unit SEAT are among the 11 million fitted with a diesel engine that can cheat on emissions tests, the company said Tuesday.

The company has admitted using engine software to cheat on diesel car emissions tests in the U.S., where authorities say there are 482,000 such cars. The company says up to 11 million vehicles worldwide were fitted with the engine in question.