EU legal advisor suggests VW still using emissions “defeat device”

September 27, 2021

According to Autoblog, a top European Union legal adviser suggested Volkswagen is still using an emissions “defeat device” for certain vehicles, reducing pollution control in cold or hot temperatures. Advocate General Athanasios Rantos, in a legal opinion for the Luxembourg-based ECJ, European Court of Justice, said that “the software at issue reduces the effectiveness of the emission control system in normal vehicle operation and use, with the result that it constitutes a ‘defeat device.’” His opinion is not binding on the ECJ. (Source: Autoblog) Read the original article…

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Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.

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