Volkswagen ta samu tarar dieselgate a Ostiraliya
Wata kotun tarayya a Australia ta yanke wa kamfanin Volkswagen AG tarar dala miliyan 125.
Wata kotun tarayya da ke Australia ta umarci kamfanin Volkswagen AG da ya biya tarar dala miliyan 125 da ya wuce kima, bayan da aka same shi da laifin karya dokar kariya ta masu amfani da ita a Australia a lokacin badakalar fitar da man dieselgate.
A baya dai kamfanin ya amince da ci tarar dala miliyan 75, amma alkalin kotun tarayya Lindsey Foster ya soki lamirin sa a lokacin da cewa bai yi tsauri ba, duk da cewa ya ninka sau uku a tarihin lokacin.
Kamfanin na Volkswagen AG a cikin wata sanarwa da ya fitar ya ce tarar farko da aka ci ta “ta yi daidai da kima,” ya kara da cewa kamfanin “yana nazari a hankali kan dalilan da suka sa kotu ta ki amincewa da wannan adadin kafin ta tantance” nan da makonni masu zuwa ko za ta daukaka kara kan hukuncin da kotun ta yanke. ."
Don rikodin, Volkswagen AG ya yarda cewa lokacin da ya yi ƙoƙarin shigo da motoci sama da 57,000 zuwa Australia tsakanin 2011 da 2015, bai bayyana wa gwamnatin Ostiraliya kasancewar software na Mode Biyu ba, wanda ya ba motocin damar samar da ƙananan hayaki na nitrogen oxides. (NOx) lokacin da ake gwajin gwaji.
"Halin Volkswagen ya kasance mai muni da ganganci," in ji shugaban hukumar gasa da masu sayayya ta Australia (ACCC) Rod Sims. "Wannan hukuncin yana nuna yanayin ƙarar hukunci na keta dokokin kariya na masu amfani da Australiya.
“Mahimmanci, software na Volkswagen ya sanya motocin dizal, motoci da manyan motocin da ke tafiyar da su ta hanyoyi biyu. An ƙera ɗayan don gwaji mai kyau kuma ɗayan yana aiki lokacin da motar da gaske ake amfani da ita kuma ta haifar da hayaki mai yawa. An ɓoye wannan daga masu kula da Ostiraliya da dubun-dubatar masu amfani da Australiya da ke tuka waɗannan motocin."
A cewar ACCC, injiniyoyin Volkswagen ne suka kirkiro wannan manhaja ta Biyu a shekarar 2006 kuma “an ajiye ta a rufe har sai an gano ta a shekarar 2015”.
"Da a ce an gwada motocin Volkswagen da abin ya shafa a yayin da 'yan Australiya ke tukawa, da sun wuce iyakar fitar da hayaki na NOx da aka amince a Australia," in ji hukumar a cikin wata sanarwar manema labarai.
Sims ya kara da cewa "Motocin Volkswagen ba za su sami kimar da aka samu a gidan yanar gizon Jagoran ababen hawa na Green ba idan gwamnati ta san tasirin software na Yanayin Biyu kan sakamakon gwajin hayaki," in ji Sims.
"Halayen Volkswagen ya lalata mutunci da aiki na ka'idojin shigo da motocin Australia, waɗanda aka tsara don kare masu amfani."
A cikin Disamba 2016, kamfanin ya fitar da sabuntawar Sashin Kula da Injin (ECU) wanda ya cire software na Yanayin Biyu kuma yanzu yana samuwa don zaɓin Golf, Jetta, Passat, Passat CC, CC, Eos, Tiguan, Amarok da Caddy samfuran EA189. injunan dizal.
Ya kamata a lura cewa an yi watsi da karar da kotun tarayya ta shigar kan Volkswagen Group Australia gaba dayanta, yayin da hakan ya shafi Audi AG da Audi Australia.
