Frankfurt – The chairman of the joint direction of the Volkswagen , Matthias Müller, questioned the future of technology of diesel one days prior to the general board of shareholders company.
Müller said in an interview with the German newspaper “Handelsblatt”, published on Tuesday, that from one point Volkswagen will decide whether to continue investing more money in the development of diesel.
the technology of diesel engines was for many years a key part of Volkswagen’s strategy, but the situation changed after it was published in the uS that the German company manipulated for years gas emissions in vehicles with this fuel.
the lower consumption of vehicles was the main advantage of diesel.
the Volkswagen not know whether it will again offer diesel engines in the uS, which greatly fell its reputation for handling.
“this is difficult to answer at this point. I know that we should tackle the issue in a fundamental way. We know the law more stringent emissions will come into force in 2020, “said the chairman of Volkswagen.
” So today we can predict that the cleaning of diesel will be very expensive and labor intensive. At the same time, the electrical mobility will be cheaper. In this context, there will be the question of whether from a certain moment we must continue to invest a lot of money in the development of diesel, “considered Müller.
The Volkswagen group sales stagnated in the first five months of the year in 4233. 500 cars (0.8% more) after the falls in Brazil, Russia and the uS.
uS sales fell in this period by 6.2%, to 226,800 units, and America South fell to 187,700 units, 24.4% less, for bad behavior in Brazil.
Volkswagen, the largest carmaker in Europe, investment in its new strategy for electric vehicles, new mobility services and automatic driving.
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