Renault is dealing with new concerns over emissions cheating after a French newspaper report declared its automobiles were equipped with software application that enabled them to cheat with laboratory-based emissions tests.
The French carmaker has been under investigation from French prosecutors over possible emissions tampering, as well as now the newspaper Liberation has stated it acquired a file from the investigation which indicates two Renault models, the Captur as well as Mk4 Clio, pollute 300 per cent higher under genuine world conditions.
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Renault has rejected any type of emissions cheating. In a statement, the business said: “Groupe Renault has acknowledged the publication of an unbalanced national newspaper short article associated to the “emission” case. This short article alleges to quote chosen excerpts from a report drafted by the DGCCRF.
“Groupe Renault will not comment on a present investigation, the latter being confidential by nature as well as Renault having as yet no gain access to to the case. As a consequence, Renault cannot verify the veracity, completeness as well as reliability of the info published in stated article.
“Renault will show its compliance with the regulations as well as reserves its explanations for the judges in fee of investigating this case. Groupe Renault reminds that none of its services has breached European or national regulations associated to car homologations. Renault cars are not equipped with cheating software application affecting anti-pollution systems.”
Renault under investigation from French prosecutors
French prosecutors have begun investigating Renault over possible cheating in emissions tests. The investigation complies with an earlier probe by French anti-fraud authorities who discovered abnormally high emissions from a few of Renault’s diesel engined cars.
