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Scott Stringer, NYC Comptroller, and CNBC contributor Bob Lutz, former GM vice chairman, weigh in on allegations against Fiat Chrysler from the EPA over diesel emission software.

In May the Department of Justice's Environmental and Natural Resources Division filed a civil lawsuit against FCA for the its diesel emissions software, but in late July the EPA gave FCA approval to resume selling its diesel models.

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After the car companies met with the government at the start of this month, the CEOs of Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW conceded responsibility for the diesel scandal and promised to pay for software upgrades to reduce emissions from affected vehicles.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found in 2015 that Volkswagen manipulated software so that diesel emissions controls worked only when cars were on test stands.

Another supply chain upset resulted when Volkswagen admitted software was installed to allow 580,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. to emit excess emissions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused the carmaker of illegally using hidden software to allow excess diesel emissions on Thursday but CEO Sergio Marchionne said the news would not affect the company's financial targets, according to reports in Italy.

The following are some facts about diesel car engines, the tailpipe pollution they emit and the «defeat device» software that federal regulators say VW used to circumvent emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California.

Hagens Berman is one of the most successful auto litigation law firms in the U.S. and is presently leading nationwide cases against Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes and Fiat Chrysler for use of diesel emissions - cheating software.

Volkswagen admitted in late 2015 that it fitted as many as 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide with software that could cheat emissions tests.

-- That secret software in Volkswagen's 3.0 - liter diesels can turn off the vehicles» emissions controls, Reuters reports, citing the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

In case you forgot, that involved the brand duping regulators by installing software intended to evade emissions tests for its diesel vehicles.

The software fooled EPA emissions testers into thinking that Volkswagen's diesel engines produced less emissions of nitrogen oxides than they released in the real world.

This is all part of the EPA's initiative to impose additional emissions test to catch software like the «defeat devices» installed in 11 million Volkswagen four - cylinder diesel vehicles worldwide.

At issue is software that made VW's turbocharged clean - diesel engines perform well enough to pass EPA emissions tests, as well as tests administered by other countries.

Volkswagen Group's so - called «defeat - device» emissions software has allowed hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles from the 2009 - 16 model years to emit nitrogen oxide at illegal levels while thwarting emissions tests.

Update, Sept. 22, 2015: On Tuesday, Volkswagen announced that 11 million diesel cars worldwide use the same «defeat device» software that evades emissions testing.

The software was used to circumvent EPA emissions inspections of its diesel engines in the U.S. No single solution will solve every problem due to varied transmissions and country - specific designs, VW officials say.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles claiming the automaker used software to evade emissions controls on diesel vehicles.

Initially, the German government only tested diesel vehicles for defeat devices after Volkswagen Group admitted to manipulating emissions tests using engine management software.

(Adds Volkswagen comment, background, paragraphs 2 - 10) By Ayesha Rascoe Sept 30 (Reuters)- A Texas county sued Volkswagen AG in state court on Wednesday, accusing the German carmaker of violating state environmental laws by installing software on some of its diesel vehicles to circumvent emissions tests.

Volkswagen's long - derided goal of selling 800,000 cars and light trucks here before the end of this decade already is starting to feel quaint as the media assess the damage to future sales caused by the company's diesel emissions test - software scandal.

He takes over from Martin Winterkorn, who resigned earlier this week in the wake of revelations that Volkswagen diesel cars had «cheater» software to evade U.S. emissions regulations.

Volkswagen reached a $ 14.7 billion settlement with 475,000 U.S. owners of diesel vehicles and federal and California regulators in October after admitting to installing secret software in its diesel cars to cheat emissions tests.

UPDATE: Volkswagen has denied the EPA's allegations, saying in a statement that «no software has been installed in the 3 - liter V6 diesel power units to alter emissions characteristics in a forbidden manner.»

The diesel Volkswagen Touareg may not be for sale in the U.S. any longer, but the automaker is still facing questions over its emissions control software.

Subject to the permission of EPA and CARB, FCA US intends to install the same modified emissions software in 2014 - 2016 MY Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram 1500 diesel vehicles.

The EPA issued a Notice of Violation against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles today, alleging the automaker failed to disclose emissions - management software in a number of diesel vehicles, in addition to...

The dust still hasn't settled from VW's diesel scandal, but now another automaker may be using similar software in the U.S. to get its diesel vehicles to pass emissions requirements.

A software intervention in engine management reduces the idling speed of this diesel combined with a particulate filter and simultaneously improves its emission behavior.

Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller told a German publication that it would launch a recall for diesel vehicles that have emission - cheating software starting in January and hopefully finish up fixing all of the vehicles by the end of the year.

The first proposed fix for one of the VW diesel engines affected by emissions - cheating software has been delivered to transportation authorities in Germany, Automotive News Europe reports.The...

But we would learn this «clean diesel» campaign was a fallacy as Volkswagen was found to be using illegal software that allowed their diesel vehicles to cheat emission tests.

But because of the software hack designed to only run emission controls full during emissions tests, those diesels have been emitting 10 to 40x more NOx.

And remember the news that Volkswagen and Audi were cheating on their US emissions tests by installing software in their diesel cars?

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with the company's use of software to cheat on diesel emissions tests, the U.S. Justice...

You may remember that VW got itself into a foul - smelling situation when it installed software on its diesel vehicles to cheat on emissions tests.

The Volkswagen emissions scandal centres on the finding that the company fitted diesel cars with software that would rig US emissions tests to allow it to sell cars in the States that would otherwise breach environmental laws.