Diesel SUV
The German traffic authority has discovered illegal cheating software in some BMW diesel SUVs. The car manufacturer itself says that the cars involved were made before 2014 and that it concerns the X3.
The transport regulator, Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), discovered that the emission values of harmful gases in some diesel cars of the brand could be manipulated. According to BMW, this concerns approximately 33,000 X3 models in Germany.
Throughout Europe, it is estimated that there are 100,000 to 150,000 vehicles. However, BMW does not know how many of the vehicles are still on the road, as the watchdog has only released data for Germany so far.
The car company says it is cooperating with the authorities. According to the KBA, BMW has now proposed a series of measures for hardware and software updates. It is not yet clear whether the issue will have any further consequences for the company.
The diesel scandal came to light at Volkswagen in 2015. That group then admitted to having manipulated emissions tests on a large scale with cheating software, which made diesel cars appear cleaner than they actually were. It later became clear that cheating software had also been used at other car companies. Lawsuits have been going on about the scandal for years.
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