Audi, one of the brands directly affected by the massive emissions cheating scandal, more recently known as "Dieselgate," that has cost the Volkswagen group billions of dollars to date, has announced on Monday that it has requested a proposed software update for the company's 3.0-liter diesel engines in Audi V6 TDI U.S. models in order to curb the effects of the engines' illegal defeat device, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The V6 TDI engine was developed by Audi and has been used in several of the company's most notable vehicles, including the A6, A7, A8, Q5, and Q7 from 2009 onwards. It was also the engine of choice for the Volkswagen Touareg and the Porsche Cayenne since 2013.
With the proposed software update, the illegal auxiliary emission control devices (AECD), more commonly referred to as defeat devices, becomes null and void, bringing the affected vehicles in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board emissions standards, reports Mashable.
The software update, however, is currently exclusive for vehicles that are equipped with the company's 3.0-liter engines. The company's smaller, 2.0-liter engines, which originally sparked the massive scandal back in September, are not affected by Audi's announcement yet.
Audi expects the software update for the affected vehicles to reach into the "mid-double-digit millions of euros" in cost. Regardless of the enormous investment however, the fact remains that the company is already starting to initiate some much-needed damage control as it suffers from the aftereffects of its most massive scandal to date.
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