California board rejects Volkswagen fix as setbacks grow

Frankfurt

VOLKSWAGEN AG's (VW) work to overcome the emissions-cheating scandal was set back after the California Air Resources Board (CARB) rejected its proposed engine fix, just a day before chief executive officer Matthias Mueller meets regulators to discuss ways out of the crisis.

California spurned the carmaker's December recommendation for how to fix two-litre diesel engines as "incomplete". VW said that it will present a reworked plan to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a meeting in Washington on Wednesday.