I-Dieselgate iqala ngoSepthemba 2015. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho kwatholakala khona ukuthi i-Volkswagen yasebenzisa isofthiwe ukwehlisa ngokukhwabanisa ukukhishwa kwe-carbon dioxide ne-nitrogen oxide (NOx). Ilinganiselwa ku-11 million izimoto ezithintekile emhlabeni, kuthi eziyizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili zithinteke e-Europe.
Imiphumela yecala le-Dieselgate ePortugal iphoqe ukuba kulungiswe zonke izimoto ezithintekile - izimoto eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-125 zeVolkswagen Group. Isikhathi sokuqala esinqunywe ukuthi kulungiswe zonke izimoto ezithintekile kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kuka-2017, osekunwetshiwe.
I-Automobile Importing Society (SIVA), ebhekele e-Portugal eqenjini lakwaVolkswagen, isanda kubalula ukuthi phakathi kwezinhlobo ezintathu ezimele (iVolkswagen, Audi ne-Skoda) cishe izimoto eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-21.7 sezizolungiswa.
Manje, i-Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT) ixwayisa ngokuthi izimoto ezithintekayo yi-Dieselgate futhi ezingakalungiswa, izovinjelwa ukuthi isakazwe.
Izimoto esezivele zinesixazululo sobuchwepheshe esigunyazwe yi-KBA (umlawuli waseJalimane) futhi okuthi, lapho zaziswe ngesenzo sokubuyisela ukuhambisana, azithunyelwa kuyo, zizocatshangelwa esimweni esingajwayelekile.
Kwenqatshelwe kanjani?
Kusuka Meyi 2019 , izimoto ezingakenziwa izenzo zokukhumbula umkhiqizi ukuze zilungiswe, zingaphansi kokwehluleka ezikhungweni zokuhlola, ngaleyo ndlela zingakwazi ukuzungeza.
Siyakhumbula ukuthi naphezu kokuthi icala laphumela obala ngo-2015, izimoto ezithintekayo zibhekisela kulezo ezihlonyiswe ngenjini ye-EA189 Diesel, etholakala kumasilinda angu-1.2, 1.6 kanye no-2.0, akhiqizwa (futhi adayiswa) kusukela ngo-2007 kuya ku-2015.
Ngakho, umthombo ofanayo uphinde uthi:
Izimoto zizovinjelwa ukuhamba ngokusemthethweni emigwaqweni yomphakathi, ngenxa yokuthathwa kwemibhalo yazo yokuhlonza, ngenxa yezinguquko ezimpahleni zazo uma kuqhathaniswa nemodeli egunyaziwe kanye nokungahambisani nemithethonqubo mayelana negesi engcolisayo.
Kodwa-ke, kunenani elincane lezimoto, elihambisana ne-10% yenani eliphelele lezimoto ezithintekile, okungenzeka kungenzeki ukuthintana naye ngenxa yokuthengisa noma ukuthekelisa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izimoto ezingenisiwe nazo "zingakwazi ukuphunyuka" ekulawuleni abakhiqizi, ngakho-ke uma lokhu kuyindaba yakho, kufanele uhlole ukuthi imoto yakho iyathinteka yini. Lokhu ungakwenza kusizindalwazi sakwaVolkswagen, SEAT noma se-Skoda, kuye ngohlobo lwemoto yakho, futhi uyihlole usebenzisa inombolo ye-chassis.