Volkswagen might miss a court ordered April 21 deadline to come up with a fix for its dirty diesels, an EPA official has revealed.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ordered VW to come up with a solution for its emissions-cheating diesel models by April 21, but EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told Reuters on Tuesday that it’s possible Europe’s largest auto might miss that deadline. VW already whiffed on a March 24 deadline set by Breyer.
At this point it remains unknown if VW will be able to come up with a remedy for the 580,000 vehicles that were rigged to pass EPA testing but then spew up to 40 times the legal limit of greenhouse gasses during normal driving. Officials in California have already indicated they might be willing to accept a partial fix, but the federal government hasn’t echoed that sentiment. If no agreement is reached, the case could go to trial this summer.
“I wouldn’t take any single signal as the direction of those negotiations or where any final agreement – if we reach one – will end up,” McCarthy said.
VW is already facing a suit from the U.S. Justice Department seeking up to $46 billion for rules violations. The FTC is also suing VW for false advertising of its “clean” diesel models.
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