Mhosva yakauya kubva kuKBA (Federal Motor Transport Authority) masvondo mashoma apfuura, ichiti software iripo mu1.6 Euro 6 Diesel injini (OM 622) kubva kuMercedes-Benz Vito yakabatanidza zvinhu zviviri zvisingaenderane nemirairo yazvino. Daimler anoti, zvisinei, haana kuita zvisiri pamutemo, inova nyaya yekududzira mutemo.
"Yakananga injini manejimendi chirongwa hachidiwe kupasa NEDC bvunzo kutenderera (kutenderera kuri kuita)," anodaro Daimler mune chirevo. Izvozvi zvichange zviri kumatare edzimhosva kuti ajekese kuti zvinhu izvi zviri pamutemo here. KBA yakatoraira kuunganidzwa kwe4923 zvikamu zve Mercedes-Benz Vito.
Mukuru weDaimler, Dieter Zetsche, aifanira kutaura kuGurukota rezvekutakurwa kweGerman, Andreas Scheuer pamusoro pezvipomerwa izvi nezvekushandiswa kwemidziyo yekukundwa. Musangano wechipiri waizorongwa, wakaitwa nezuro, apo Daimler akatsanangura zvakadzama nezve mudziyo unofungidzirwa, unokwanisa kudzima, mune mamwe mamiriro, nzira dzekudzora emission.
Yakanga iri mushure memusangano uyu wechipiri apo Ministry of Transport yeGermany yakaraira kuunganidzwa kwemotokari 238,000 muGermany, kuwedzera kushanda kusvika Mercedes-Benz C-Kirasi uye GLC - kunyanya iyo C 220d uye GLC 220d, maererano neruzivo rwepamusoro neAuto Motor und Sport. Daimler, zvisinei, ichawedzera basa rekuunganidza kumotokari dze774,000 muEurope.
Arndt Ellinghorst, Evercore ISI Analyst, LondonIsu hationi humbowo hwekuti Daimler akagadzira software iyi kunyepera nemaune kuyedzwa kwehutsi. Nekuita kwekuunganidza uku, unodzivirira kubhadhara faindi.
Muunganidzwa uyu unotevera kubva gore rapfuura muEU, apo Daimler akazvipira kuita basa rekuunganidza rakafanana nemotokari dzemamiriyoni matatu. Daimler achazivisa vatengi munguva pfupi kuti ndeapi mayunitsi akanganiswa uye kuti kutengeserana kuchaita sei.