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Audi recalls 850,000 diesel cars worldwide
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IANS | 22 Jul, 2017
The German auto manufacturer Audi AG announced that it will recall up to
850,000 cars with six-cylinder and eight-cylinder diesel engines
worldwide except the US and Canada, to improve emissions of those cars.
As
a subsidiary company of Volkswagen Group, the Ingolstadt-based Audi has
been involved in diesel emissions scandal and therefore decided to
offer its customers "a retrofit program" for cars with EU5 and EU6
diesel engines, mainly including getting software for these affected
cars updated for free.
With the recall action in close
consultation with Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority on Friday,
the company intends to reduce overall emissions, especially in urban
areas, according to its statement, as well as to maintain the future
viability of diesel engines.
Moreover, Audi confirmed that the
free service also applies to the Porsche and Volkswagen models that are
fitted with the same types of engines.
For similar reason,
another German carmaker Daimler AG declared Tuesday to recall over three
million diesel cars with Mecedes-Benz brand across Europe, which will
take that automobile giant 220 million euros for the so-called
"comprehensive plan for diesel engines."
Both Audi and Daimler are allegedly using illegal software in diesel vehicles to cheat in emissions tests.
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