Dieselgate: ACCC issues statement on VW emissions saga
Australian competition and consumer watchdog turns spotlight on VW locallyAs investigations continue into cheating allegations against Volkswagen in its emissions testing, Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog has turned the spotlight on VW locally.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued a statement on Friday (September 25) regarding the scandal, saying it is investigating the issue regarding how it affects Australian consumers.
In the statement, the ACCC stated that it is “aware of the issues arising with VW in relation to emission representations,” and “it is not yet clear to the ACCC exactly how representations were made to Australian consumers.”
The ACCC also stated that it is “making enquiries to determine if consumers might have been exposed to misleading claims,” and are “also considering the rights of consumers under the Australian Consumer Law.”
The ACCC would not comment further, nor make a spokesperson available to discuss its course of action.
Meanwhile, following Autobild’s claims that the BMW X3 emitted 11 times the European limit, BMW has also released a statement to clarify that it does not “manipulate or rig any emissions tests.”
In BMW’s statement, the company assured that the popular X5 and 13 other BMW vehicles tested by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) all complied with the legal emissions requirements concerning NOx emissions.
Interestingly BMW focused primarily on the X5 as opposed to the X3 – which was the vehicle at the centre of the claims - stating that “no discrepancies were found in the X5 between laboratory-test and field-test NOx emissions.”
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