Volkswagen allegation debunked

One element of the Volkswagen ‘dieselgate’ scandal — the allegation that the company tweaked CO2 and fuel-efficiency figures on certain models — has been proven to be largely untrue.

The company said that, following extensive internal investigations and measurement checks, it was now clear that almost all of these model variants do correspond to the CO2 figures originally determined.

“This means that these vehicles can be marketed and sold without any limitations,” VW said, adding: “The suspicion that the fuel consumption figures of current production vehicles had been unlawfully changed was not confirmed. During internal remeasurements, slight deviations were found on just nine model variants of the Volkswagen brand.”