Germany's car regulators have asked Volkswagen AG to provide a plan by October 7 for if and when its vehicles will meet national emissions requirements, after the company admitted cheating on US air-pollution tests.
The Federal Motor Transport Authority sent a letter to Volkswagen requesting a "binding" programme and schedule for a technical solution, transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said Sunday in an e-mail.
Volkswagen will present a plan in the coming days for how it will fix its affected vehicles and will notify customers and relevant authorities, Peter Thul, a company spokesman, said by phone. Bild reported earlier about the letter.
Volkswagen may have known for years about the implications of software at the centre of the test-cheating scandal, newspapers reported. Robert Bosch GmbH warned Volkswagen in 2007 that its planned use of the software is illegal, according to Bild. A Volkswagen employee did the same in 2011, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.
Volkswagen is investigating and will present its findings as soon as they're available, Thul said, declining to elaborate.
The Federal Motor Transport Authority sent a letter to Volkswagen requesting a "binding" programme and schedule for a technical solution, transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said Sunday in an e-mail.
Volkswagen will present a plan in the coming days for how it will fix its affected vehicles and will notify customers and relevant authorities, Peter Thul, a company spokesman, said by phone. Bild reported earlier about the letter.
Volkswagen may have known for years about the implications of software at the centre of the test-cheating scandal, newspapers reported. Robert Bosch GmbH warned Volkswagen in 2007 that its planned use of the software is illegal, according to Bild. A Volkswagen employee did the same in 2011, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.
Volkswagen is investigating and will present its findings as soon as they're available, Thul said, declining to elaborate.
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