VW Says Diesel Emissions Fix Progress Makes Trial Unneeded
- Carmaker probably won't have a full report by end of April
- About 450 investigators screened 102 terabytes of data
A VW logo sits on a covering under the bonnet of a Volkswagen AG Passat TDI automobile powered by a turbocharged direct injection engine in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Volkswagen is grappling with an emissions scandal on three fronts: cheating software installed in about 11 million vehicles worldwide with 1.2-, 1.6- and 2.0-liter engines; irregular carbon dioxide ratings on about 800,000 vehicles in Europe; and questionable emissions software in about 85,000 VW, Audi and Porsche vehicles with 3.0-liter diesel engines in the U.S.
Photographer: Miles Willis/BloombergVolkswagen AG investigators are struggling to make headway through data secured from more than 1,500 laptops and other devices and probably won’t have a complete report on the carmaker’s emissions cheating by the end of the month, according to people familiar with the status of the investigation.