Germany Raises Doubts About Opel’s Emissions Device
- Opel insists that its emissions controls followed the law
- Transport Minister says government, Opel have differing views
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Germany raised doubts about the legality of devices General Motors Co.’s Opel unit used to monitor emissions, raising the possibility that the brand’s engine software breaches the country’s regulations.
“Shut-off devices are fundamentally illegal, unless it is truly necessary to safeguard the engine,” Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday after meeting with Opel chief Karl-Thomas Neumann and other officials from the GM division. “Therefore it’s clear that in this situation, we have our doubts.”