(German) Regulator to VW: Get in line or get off the road

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http://www.dw.com/en/regulator-to-vw-get-in-line-or-get-off-the-road/a-18744161

Authorities have set Volkswagen a deadline for submitting a plan to bring its vehicles' emissions into line with official standards, a newspaper report says. The move comes as another damaging revelation has emerged.

Regulator to VW: Get in line or get off the road
27.09.2015

The German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has given scandal-stricken carmaker Volkswagen a deadline of October 7 to submit a plan laying out whether and when its vehicles will meet emissions standards without the use of manipulatory software, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

In a two-page document cited by the "Bild am Sonntag," the KBA said it was legally required "to call for the necessary measures to ensure that the manufactured vehicles are brought into line with the respective approved type (of vehicle.)"

If Volkswagen does not comply with the KBA's demand, the approval applying to the types of vehicles using the software designed to deceive regulators would be withdrawn. Withdrawing the approval would mean the cars could not be sold or moved in Germany, the paper said.

The paper quoted a VW spokesman as saying only that the vehicles were safe and ready to drive, and would be called back for adjustment. While VW cars have come under fire around the world for not adhering to emissions standards, the safety of the cars has not been called into question.