Volkswagen's chief in the United Kingdom told representatives Monday that cars in that country likely wouldn't need expensive urea tanks retrofitted to those cars to comply with emissions standards, AutoCar reported.
Volkswagen's managing director in the UK Paul Willis told members of parliament that most of the 1.2 million cars in that country fitted with illegal "defeat devices" to cheat emissions tests would only need a software fix — not an additional urea tank that is widely believed to be needed in U.S. cars. About 400,000 cars would need a fuel injector replacement instead of the costly tank.
It's likely that many of the cheating Volkswagens in the U.S. would need all or a combination of three fixes — software update, fuel injectors and a urea tank — would be needed to bring those cars into compliance.
Willis testified to the committee that the automaker "significantly let down its customers" by selling cars that polluted many times over the legal limit.
Willis criticized the European method for emissions tests is "old-fashioned and not fit for purpose," but didn't directly blame the test for the automaker's actions.
"We mishandled the situation. That's why we need to fix the cars, that's why we need to get the customers in and need to put the cars right," Willis said, according to the Belfast Telegraph. "We mishandled the situation without a shadow of a doubt."
Last week, Volkswagen's chief in America, Michael Horn, testified to a congressional committee that the automaker would take years to fix its cars.
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