The German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) on Tuesday revealed that a total of 11 million diesel cars may have been involved in the emissions-testing manipulations.
德国汽车生产商大众公司周二透露，共计有1100万辆柴油车卷入此次“尾气门”事件。
The company also said in a statement that it had set aside 6.5 billion euros (7.3 billion U.S. dollars) to cover the costs of the issue. The share prices of the company continue to slump on Tuesday, losing 20 percent during the trading.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that the software on VW diesel cars showed false emission data. The software installed by Volkswagen in its cars has violated the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement on Friday. The software called "defeat device" by the EPA can turn on full emission controls only when the car is undergoing emission tests to make the car meet the legal emission standards, but during normal driving, the car will emit nitrogen oxides at up to 40 times the standard.
"Using a defeat device in cars to evade clean air standards is illegal and a threat to public health," said Cynthia Giles, EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
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