Volkswagen is going to fight out the car pollution scam, plans to refit vehicles

Volkswagen is in damage control mode and is going to do anything to overcome the huge embarrassment.

As the German government has given VW time until October 7 to explain how it will resolve the scandal, VW has revealed its plan to refit millions of vehicles affected by a worldwide pollution-cheating scam.

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VW chief executive Matthias Mueller said technical solutions would be submitted in October.

The world’s biggest carmaker by sales, in a statement, said the owners of the affected cars would be notified in next few weeks and all the brands concerned are going to create Internet pages where clients will be able to follow developments.

Volkswagen admitted that up to 11 million diesel cars worldwide are fitted with devices that can switch on pollution controls when they detect the car is undergoing testing.

They then switch off the controls when the car is on the road, allowing it to spew out harmful levels of emissions.

However, Mueller said the software was not activated in all 11 million vehicles, and the number of vehicles requiring a refit would be few.

“The affair needs to be cleared up ruthlessly. We need courage and fighting spirit. It will be difficult and, there will be setbacks. But we can and will do it," Mueller said.

The scam has wiped 29 billion euros ($33 billion), or 38%, off VW's market value in 10 days.

Meanwhile, Audi and Skoda have admitted more than three million of their vehicles were fitted with the suspect devices, while Spanish unit revealed that 700,000 of its cars were equipped with the technology.

Many other countries apart from Germany have also started investigations. Japan is going to order some of the country's biggest automakers to report on whether their diesel vehicles meet standards.

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