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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11843

4 August 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport
Car manufacturers at Diesel Summit make a commitment to update of 5.3 million vehicles
Brussels, 03/08/2017 (Agence Europe)

At a meeting in Berlin attended by political decision-makers on 2 August, which was organised during the “Diesel Summit”, German carmakers made a commitment to updating the software fitted to 5.3 million cars to reduce their pollutant emissions by 25 to 30%.

The 5.3 million vehicles are due to be recalled before the end of 2018 and will then undergo software changes that will be paid for by the car manufacturers. Under the terms of the agreement concluded by the different parties present...