VW and Audi admit all diesels sold since 2009 had cheating software

The Volkswagen Group has effectively admitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that not one diesel model it sold in the U.S. since 2009 complies with emissions laws.

Volkswagen and Audi officials told the EPA that all 3.0-liter TDI diesel engines sold in the U.S. between 2009 and 2016 were fitted with emissions-cheating "defeat devices," the agency said Friday.

Previously, the EPA had identified around 10,000 3.0-liter diesel vehicles in the U.S. — from model years 2014, 2015 and 2016 — as emissions violators. But on Nov. 2 the Volkswagen Group denied the EPA's claims that those models — including VW, Audi and Porsche — were fitted with cheating software. Read more...