VW admits commercial vehicles involved in pollution scam

September 29, 2015 19:25

Volkswagen today revealed more details about the vehicles fitted with pollution-cheating software as the German auto giant's new chief promised a grand plan of action to resolve the "severest test in (the company's) history."

A spokesman for VW's commercial vehicles division said that out of the 11 million vehicles worldwide that the group has already said were involved "1.8 million are commercial vehicles."

After VW's upmarket subsidiary Audi and its Czech arm Skoda admitted that more than three million of their vehicles were similarly fitted, its Spanish unit Seat said 700,000 of its cars were also equipped with the technology.

The German government has given VW until October 7 to outline how it plans to resolve the crisis that has rocked carmakers around the world and wiped USD 33 billion, or 38 per cent, off VW's market capitalisation over the past 10 days.

The group's new chief executive Matthias Mueller, who was appointed on Friday, told senior management that an ambitious game plan had already been drawn up. "We will present our technical solutions to the authorities in October," he said.

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