{"id":90430,"date":"1999-12-31T00:25:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/vw-oz-fails-to-clear-air\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:25:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:25:00","slug":"vw-oz-fails-to-clear-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/vw-oz-fails-to-clear-air\/","title":{"rendered":"VW Oz Fails To Clear Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian regulators and government authorities have joined in the worldwide investigation into the Volkswagen emissions scandal that uncovered illegal software designed to falsify test results.<\/p>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Department of Infrastructure and lawyers Maurice Blackburn have joined the international posse pursuing the German carmaker over the scandal.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Volkswagen has admitted to installing engine software in some diesel cars that reduce toxic emissions when being tested, cutting emission readings of toxic fumes by up to 40 times.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The software affects around 11 million cars worldwide, but Volkswagen&#8217;s Australian arm has been unable to confirm if cars here are affected and says it&#8217;s waiting on information from Germany.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Looking at a possible class action, Maurice Blackburn lawyers have urged Volkswagen diesel owners to contact them, but any legal case would depend on whether the cars meet Australian emission standards, which are less stringent than those in Europe and the US.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The revelations will have major ramifications across the whole of the car making industry, as technology has made massive inroads into automotive production.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The recent hack of a Jeep&#8217;s drive system, the storage of personal information in car entertainment systems, development of driverless cars and now the falsification of test results by a major manufacturer are certain to have regulators floundering for ways to safeguard consumers&#8217; rights.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian regulators and government authorities have joined in the worldwide investigation into the Volkswagen emissions scandal that uncovered illegal software designed to falsify test results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-archive","category-technology","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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