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 Union Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete has released a shocking statement today, saying that the emission levels of <keyword id="1648234" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Volkswagen-cars">Volkswagen cars</keyword> have been found to be exceeding the cap by nine times in the country. Geete added that the road transport ministry has been directed to take necessary action against the German auto major. 
 "We've informed the transport ministry about the factual position and have referred the matter to it, saying they (<keyword id="88157" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="VW">VW</keyword>) have violated the norms, and (it should) take action as per law," Geete said at the Make in India week event in Mumbai. 
 
It was after the German car maker had created controversy in the US and Europe over emission regulations, that the Automotive Research Authority of India (ARAI) was directed to conduct these quality tests on Volkswagen by the Heavy Industries Ministry. Reportedly, there are 3.24 lakh Volkswagen cars on Indian roads. 
 
Geete said the auto major has now planned to recall all the 3.24 lakh cars that are there in the country. 
 
In India, the VW group sells seven cars, viz Audi, Beetle, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Skoda and Volkswagen. 
 
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Volkswagen cars' emission levels are nine times more than the permissible limits

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The adage ‘One thing leads to another’ holds true in the case of Volkswagen and due to this other auto makers will also come under scanner. 
 
After the German auto maker recalled 3, 23, 700 vehicles in India, the Indian government said that all diesel passenger vehicles in the country will come under scanner in coming six months. 
 
So much so that all diesel vehicles coming in India will also be checked whether they were complying with the norms or not. 
 
The Indian government termed Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scam as a 'well thought-out crime'. 
 
"The violation was detected when the on-road vehicles were tested. It is a well thought-out crime," said Union Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete. 
 
Volkswagen Group had recalled vehicles in India across three brands -- Audi, Skoda and Volkswagen -- after a government-ordered probe found the group using diesel engines equipped with a defeat device that helps cheat emission tests. 
 
“ARAI found that Volkswagen violated emission norms in India to the extent of 8-9 times of the current levels,” said Geete, adding that his ministry is referring the matter to Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to take action against the company. 
 
"From the end of this month, we will start testing all passenger diesel vehicles in India to estimate whether they have committed emission violations. The process of testing diesel passenger vehicles by ARAI will be completed in six months," said Additional Secretary in the Heavy Industries Ministry Ambuj Sharma. 
 
When asked if Volkswagen will face any penalty or action, he said MoRTH will take a decision on the matter in a couple of days. 
 
"We have referred the VW issue to MoRTH to decide on the penalty aspect under MVA and CMVR provisions. They will also decide in one or two days whether sales by Volkswagen should be halted till it completes the recall process," Sharma said.

India terms Volkswagen diesel emission
scam as 'well thought-out crime', says it violated norms to the extent of 8-9
times of the current levels

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Come 2020, the automobile manufacturers would in no way be able to fudge emission norms. April of 2020 is the time when BS VI emission standards of cars would be implemented. As discussed earlier, India would skip BS V and skip to BS VI directly. 
 
After 2014, the emissions are checked by the government approved agencies in tie ups with manufacturers. But soon after introducing BS VI, the govt would test cars randomly by picking up from dealers. The transport ministry has said that 50% of test cars would be sourced directly from the dealers to check goof ups, a process known as conformity of production (COP). 
 Currently India doesn’t have any emission norm, which is why <keyword id="6361865" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Volkswagen">Volkswagen</keyword>’s infamous emission scam couldn’t be prosecuted in India. 
 
"Now this share of getting samples from dealers has been doubled. So, the manufacturers cannot manipulate with the vehicles that are lifted randomly from dealers or warehouse," a government official told the ET.

BS VI emission: Random cars from dealers to be sourced for testing from 2020

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/49164730.cms" /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=volkswagen">Volkswagen</a> is in damage control mode and is going to do anything to overcome the huge embarrassment. 
 
As the German government has given VW time until October 7 to explain how it will resolve the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Scandal-hit-Volkswagen-s-ex-CEO-may-get-60-mn-euros-in-payouts/articleshow/49091319.cms">scandal</a>, VW has revealed its plan to refit millions of vehicles affected by a worldwide pollution-cheating scam. 
 
READ ALSO: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Impact-of-Volkswagen-emissions-scandal-on-India/articleshow/49102887.cms">Impact of Volkswagen emissions scandal on India</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Volkswagen-names-Matthias-Mueller-as-its-new-CEO/articleshow/49114354.cms">VW chief executive Matthias Mueller</a> said technical solutions would be submitted in October. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Volkswagen-India-Cuts-Prices-After-Excise-Reduction-By-Finance-Minister/articleshow/30677554.cms">The world’s biggest carmaker by sales</a>, in a statement, said the owners of the affected cars would be notified in next few weeks and all the brands concerned are going to create Internet pages where clients will be able to follow developments. 
 <keyword id="6361865" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Volkswagen">Volkswagen</keyword> admitted that up to 11 million diesel cars worldwide are fitted with devices that can switch on pollution controls when they detect the car is undergoing testing. 
 
They then switch off the controls when the car is on the road, allowing it to spew out harmful levels of emissions. 
 
However, Mueller said the software was not activated in all 11 million vehicles, and the number of vehicles requiring a refit would be few. 
 
“The affair needs to be cleared up ruthlessly. We need courage and fighting spirit. It will be difficult and, there will be setbacks. But we can and will do it," Mueller said. 
 
The scam has wiped 29 billion euros ($33 billion), or 38%, off VW's market value in 10 days. 
 
Meanwhile, Audi and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Skoda">Skoda</a> have admitted more than three million of their vehicles were fitted with the suspect devices, while Spanish unit revealed that 700,000 of its cars were equipped with the technology. 
 
Many other countries apart from Germany have also started investigations. Japan is going to order some of the country's biggest automakers to report on whether their diesel vehicles meet standards. 
 
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Volkswagen is going to fight out the car pollution scam, plans to refit vehicles

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/54732852.cms" /> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Volkswagen+&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Volkswagen </a>is going to focus on India like never before and is planning to open up engineering and development centres in the country. <keyword id="6361865" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Volkswagen">Volkswagen</keyword> is re-structuring its strategy after its diesel emission scam and making India its lead country to increase focus in <keyword id="26945" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="South-America">South America</keyword>, the Middle East and Russia. 
 Volkswagen lobal head for sales and marketing, <keyword id="3229256" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jurgen-Stackmann">Jurgen Stackmann</keyword>, said, “if you get India right, you will fix the rest of the world.” For achieving this, the company is looking forward to plug gaps in India. 
 “We have a strong presence in India, but we don't have a sufficiently strong engineering presence in India to make this as a future engineering hub for our work,” said <keyword id="3727827" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="stackmann">Stackmann</keyword> on the sidelines of the <keyword id="345244" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Paris-Motor-Show">Paris Motor Show</keyword>, adding “India already has 9-10 big engineering and development hubs from other brands. We are very keen to look at India from that perspective as well.” 
 
This is a takeoff from the past, where Volkswagen transported models produced for Europe to all around the globe - yet that technique hasn't functioned admirably in India. Volkswagen has now come to understand that each locale has an alternate standard, so embracing one worldwide quality standard is presumably not the right arrangement. 
 
This is a new and fresh thinking at Volkswagen now. This comes under Volkswagen's "regionalization strategy”, which is to give empowerment to the regions. The concept is in full swing right now and it is no longer a theory,” he said. 
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Volkswagen is going to set up its engineering centre in India

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A flood of automakers have announced their EVs will adopt Tesla's charging tech.</li><li>But there are still two significant industry holdouts.</li></ul>It started with a drop, and then a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-charge-non-tesla-ev-at-supercharger-models-adapters-2023-7">flood of automakers announcing their vehicles would soon support Tesla's charging technology</a>, a major win for consumers and a massive vote of confidence for the plug. But even as the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-charging-rivals-make-changes-after-ford-gm-deals-2023-6">companies behind a vast number of new electric vehicles announce support</a> for the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ford-gm-volvo-supercharger-electric-cars-charger-network-data-2023-7">North American Charging Standard</a>, or NACS, two major holdouts remain: Volkswagen and Stellantis. 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A Volkswagen spokesperson said: "Volkswagen Group and its brands are currently evaluating the implementation of the Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its North American customers."Of course, other charging options exist for Stellantis and Volkswagen owners. Perhaps most notably, they can charge at home — and experts say a vast majority of EV charging can be done there (if drivers have a garage and plug available).But outside of the home is where <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-removes-last-barrier-to-electric-car-ev-ownership-2023-6">Tesla's sprawling Supercharger network</a> — over 5,500 stations with more than 51,000 plugs across the globe — really shines.In surveys and real-world tests, rivals like ChargePoint, EVgo, and Electrify America (born out of the Dieselgate emissions scam as part of Volkwagen's settlement) just haven't been able to compete, struggling with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-vehicle-chargers-infrastructure-adoption-automakers-drivers-startup-2022-11">broken plugs, station downtime</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-car-charging-reliability-broken-stations-ev-2022-5">other frustrating problems</a>.Meanwhile, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-owners-dont-worry-about-nacs-charging-deals-ford-gm-2023-7">Tesla's network has long been an advantage for the automaker</a>. Though ChargePoint dominates in US charging overall in terms of quantity of plugs, Tesla leads in terms of number of fast-charging ports, according to consultancy <a target="_blank" href="https://evadoption.com/ev-charging-stations-statistics/us-charging-network-rankings/">EVAdoption</a>. The ability for drivers to charge quickly on road trips or in areas of the country with long stretches that are void of plugs is a major sticking point in the EV debate. The two auto giants are likely holding out given the plug wars may not have a huge effect until 2025, when most of the NACS adopters say their revamped ports will roll out on new products. (By then, many of the EVs on the road with the old charging tech, coined CCS, will also have an adapter available to use the Tesla network.) And other, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-rival-lucid-ceo-shades-nacs-charging-elon-musk-2023-7">smaller automakers, like Lucid, also aren't convinced of the benefits of NACS</a>.Still, the ability to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-charging-deal-with-ford-gives-away-biggest-advantage-2023-5">roll up at a Tesla Supercharger</a> (for the companies that switched, their drivers can access 12,000-plus Tesla plugs) <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-only-ev-worth-buying-right-now-charging-nacs-ccs-2023-7">is likely to remain a massive selling point</a> as automakers look to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ev-market-share-slipping-all-depends-on-cybertruck-2023-10">unseat Elon Musk as the king of EVs</a>.It will also be key to drive <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/automakers-over-estimated-electric-vehicle-demand-early-adopters-2023-10">adoption beyond the roughly 9% it sat at in the US last month</a>.

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