10 Days to Clarify CO2 Issues

November 16, 2015

One of the World’s largest emission maker, VW has been given 10 days to clarify CO2 emissions issues by EU emission regulators

European Union regulators have given Volkswagen 10 days to clarify its own admission that more than 10 million cars, made by Volkswagen emit more CO2 and non-environment friendly gasses than the claimed carbon emissions.

What the Regulators Say

EU regulators sent a letter to Volkswagen on Monday, in which European Energy Commissioner, Miguel Arias Canete asks Volkswagen to clear its admittance to the emissions cheat scandal. The letter was in the name of chief executive of Volkswagen Matthias Mueller to confirm that which models were actually affected by diesel or petrol scandal and internal irregularities.

What EU regulators plans to do next

This letter is the first step in a long process of scrutinizing the company under strict anti-environment rules. In the first phase, the regulators will gather information about the scandal and then after the admittance of the company, they will charge Volkswagen with massive fines over cheating the rules. These fines might be billions of dollars.

What Volkswagen says?

Volkswagen has confirmed that they received a letter from Canute on Monday. It was addressed to CEO of Volkswagen, to clarify the actual situation within next 10 working days. This letter asks about the affected VW models. In an email to the media, Volkswagen has confirmed the arrival of the letter and said that after an internal deliberation of staff, Volkswagen will answer.

Belgium on Volkswagen Scandal

Belgium opened an official inquiry into the Volkswagen emission scandal on Tuesday. They have included allegations for false written information and misleading the general public and commercial sector. Similar inquiries are under way against Volkswagen in Germany, France, Italy and Spain.