New Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller told about 1,000 high-level managers Monday that the company had a "comprehensive" fix for its cars, and that the solution would be forthcoming.
"We are facing a long trudge and a lot of hard work," Müller said, according to Reuters."We will only be able to make progress in steps and there will be setbacks."
Müller said the company would ask consumers "in the next few days" to bring their cars in to be refitted. It's unclear if the recall program would be a software or ECU fix, or if it would include a selective catalytic reduction system (urea or AdBlue) to bring the diesel Volkswagens down to a legal emissions level.
Volkswagen faces an Oct. 7 deadline by the German federal transportation authority to present a plan to bring its cars up to compliance or be banned from German roads.
Recalling 11 million cars — 5 million VWs, 2.1 million Audis, 1.2 million Skodas and 1.8 million light commercial vehicles — would be one of the largest roundups in automotive history. Volkswagen set aside $7.3 billion to deal with the scandal last week.
Müller also pointed to VW's eventual restructuring, according to Reuters. The company may be decentralized and given more autonomy, similar to Porsche and Audi, which are under the same Volkswagen parent group.
After they stop hemorrhaging money, of course.
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