In a statement, Minister of Heavy Industries andamp; Public Enterprises Anant Geete said that government has also decided to test all diesel vehicles to check for violations of emission norms in India. He also explained that Volkswagen's decision to recall its cars with defeat devices followed its acceptance of the violations after being sent a show-cause notice. Further action, if at all, will be taken by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
While currently 4 carmakers in India are being investigated, Mr Geete elaborated, "Over the next six months, we will carry out checks on emission levels of all diesel passenger vehicles in India."
Ambuj Sharma, Additional Secretary in the Heavy Industries Ministry told PTI, "From the end of this month, we will start testing all passenger diesel vehicles in India to estimate whether they have committed emission violations. The process of testing diesel passenger vehicles by ARAI will be completed in six months."
Volkswagen Group India, that presented its observations, findings and outlines of possible solutions on the EA 189 diesel engines to the Ministry of Heavy Industries and ARAI, will recall cars including those from Volkswagen, Audi, and Skoda.
The carmaker will first present the required solution to Ministry of Heavy Industries and ARAI and upon receiving approval from the competent authorities; the respective brands of the Volkswagen Group in India will inform owners of the respective vehicles.
However, VW has claimed that the existing installed software or any fixes it announced in Europe will not affect the vehicles' handling, technical safety or road-worthiness.
The dieselgate scam affects cars manufactured between 2008 and the end of November 2015. It includes 198,500 cars from Volkswagen, 88,700 cars from Skoda, and 36,500 cars from Audi.
Recently in Europe, VW had announced a software update to fix vehicles carrying the affected 2-litre diesel engines that were installed with the cheating software. A "basic go" was also given by the authorities for a fix for the 1.6-litre vehicles that will involve replacing an air filter cartridge and grill. Details are yet to be finalised on a software fix for 1.2-litre motors.
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