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EPA opens Audi probe after new cheat software is found

The device lowers emissions by detecting whether steering wheel is turned as it would be when drivinG: report

Published Sun, Nov 13, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Berlin

    A US government regulator has started investigating Volkswagen's (VW) Audi brand over a reported discovery of a new cheat software device at the luxury carmaker, Bild am Sonntag reported, without citing the source of the information.

    The German weekly paper said a week ago that the California Air Resources Board (Carb) had this summer discovered cheating software in an automatic transmission Audi which is unrelated to the device that triggered last year's diesel emissions test-cheating scandal at parent VW.

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