VW CEO Calls for New Emissions Tests as Europe Recall Starts
- Repairs to 8.5 million cars in Europe to start this week
- CEO Mueller vows to roll out 20 new emission-free cars by 2020
VW's 2015 European Market Share Drops to 24.8%
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Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Matthias Mueller called for emissions tests in Europe to be reworked to close the gap between laboratory and real-world results, an issue brought to public attention by the German car manufacturer’s cheating scandal.
The automaker admitted in September to rigging 11 million vehicles worldwide so that they could pass official tests while emitting illegal amounts of pollution on the roads. A recall of 8.5 million affected cars in Europe will begin this week, Mueller said Monday at a company reception in Brussels.