Under the suspicion of the Diesel-fraud investigators in several countries, the manufacturer of Fiat and Iveco to the visor. On Wednesday, they were at the same time at ten locations in the Auto and truck manufacturers, as well as at subsidiaries in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, in front of the door, as the lead Prosecutor's office in Frankfurt said.
suspected: In a variety of models from the Fiat and Iveco and Alfa Romeo and Jeep to plug in engines with an illegal exhaust technology. In Germany alone, it is reported to be more than 200,000 vehicles, including many mobile homes. This is because the Fiat Ducato with diesel engine manufacturers form the Basis for the majority of the RV.
The procedure suspicion of commercial fraud directed against the persons Responsible for, among other things, the companies of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), and Case New Holland Industrial (CNHi), one of the Iveco, it says on a website of the Frankfurt police to the case. It's going to be nine named Accused, all from Italy, said a spokeswoman for the Prosecutor's office. This engine is: Fiat-Chrysler slides into the Diesel scandal, FOCUS Online/Wochit To this engine, it goes: Fiat-Chrysler slides into the Diesel-scandal
Fiat Chrysler confirmed the searches. It is cooperating fully with the authorities, a spokesman said. In addition, he did not provide information. CNH Industrial said in a message similar. The commercial vehicles group which originally arose from the merger with Fiat's commercial vehicle division.
searches were a total of ten commercial properties in the Baden-Württemberg and Hesse, including the headquarters of FCA Germany in Frankfurt, as well as in the Italian Region of Piedmont and in the Swiss Canton of Thurgau. You've been looking for evidence for the switch-off device itself, but also with regard to the application of the vehicles, as well as the responsibilities, it said. Coordinated action by the EU justice Department, Eurojust was. Insider grabs: There was the clean-Diesel - and that's why you don't want to grab him FOCUS Online Insider: There was the clean-Diesel - and that's why you wanted him not to
Various motors in the sightsThe investigators have a whole range of engines, the target have, in their view, an impermissible switch-off device. Such a technique ensures that the cars comply with the limit values for the pollutant nitrogen dioxide in the test bench, but not in the normal operation on the road. In fact, the suspicion is not new - the force travel Federal office (KBA) had been tested according to the known will of the VW scandal 2015 models of various manufacturers and the emission control complained. For the approval of all cars, the Italian authorities were responsible. This had abgebügelt the criticism and, apparently, no further education - up until now. In contrast, there were in the United States already in 2019, although mild, but it imposed penalties against Fiat-Chrysler because of the exhaust of fraud were affected, among other things, diesel engines in the Dodge RAM Pickup.
information on the vehicle models, the Prosecutor is not made. The above-mentioned engines of the model years 2014 to 2019, with the exhaust gas standards Euro 5 and 6 but are stuck in a series of Fiat, Jeep, Alfa Romeo and Iveco vehicles, from small cars to vans. The investigators called on buyers of the affected vehicles to contact the police.
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