Ilon Musk: let Volkswagen start working on electric vehicles instead of fixing “dieselgate”
The head of Tesla, Ilon Musk, together with the leaders of other companies whose field of activity is ecology, wrote an open letter addressed to California regulators. The subject of the letter was the scandal sensational around Volkswagen, in the course of which it became clear that the German automaker had deliberately underestimated engine emissions with the help of manipulations with embedded software.
As it became known recently, as a result of “dieselgate”, Volkswagen will have to withdraw at least 36,000 cars and install a new version of the problematic software. Ilon Musk, together with his like-minded people, offers another solution to the problem: there is no need to force Volkswagen to recall cars and spend huge amounts of money on it, and instead one should oblige the company to invest in the production of its own electric vehicles. On the initiative of the head of Tesla writes NewsWeek.
As the authors of the letter write, there is no guarantee that the correction will work correctly, and it’s also not a fact that it will affect all problem cars in reality. Instead, Volkswagen can at least start work on electric vehicles for which the problem of emissions into the atmosphere does not exist and, moreover, there is no technical possibility there to organize a deception of regulators, which in the end will still save money due to the fact that checks are no longer would need.
In addition, Volkswagen must invest in production and research in the field of electric vehicles in California, which will provide, among other things, new jobs in the state. The amount of investment must be equal to the fine that the company will pay. In the 1990s, a similar scandal had already happened, and then regulators considered it the best solution instead of paying the money to a local manufacturer to oblige him to bring his production in accordance with environmental standards in a short time.
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So far, none of the leaders of the California regulator of California Air Research Board (CARB) directly to the initiative of Ilona Mask has not responded. Volkswagen itself intends to comply with the prescriptions in early 2016, with the new CEO Matthias Muller said that the number of problem cars is not as great as previously thought.
As it became known recently, as a result of “dieselgate”, Volkswagen will have to withdraw at least 36,000 cars and install a new version of the problematic software. Ilon Musk, together with his like-minded people, offers another solution to the problem: there is no need to force Volkswagen to recall cars and spend huge amounts of money on it, and instead one should oblige the company to invest in the production of its own electric vehicles. On the initiative of the head of Tesla writes NewsWeek.
As the authors of the letter write, there is no guarantee that the correction will work correctly, and it’s also not a fact that it will affect all problem cars in reality. Instead, Volkswagen can at least start work on electric vehicles for which the problem of emissions into the atmosphere does not exist and, moreover, there is no technical possibility there to organize a deception of regulators, which in the end will still save money due to the fact that checks are no longer would need.
In addition, Volkswagen must invest in production and research in the field of electric vehicles in California, which will provide, among other things, new jobs in the state. The amount of investment must be equal to the fine that the company will pay. In the 1990s, a similar scandal had already happened, and then regulators considered it the best solution instead of paying the money to a local manufacturer to oblige him to bring his production in accordance with environmental standards in a short time.
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So far, none of the leaders of the California regulator of California Air Research Board (CARB) directly to the initiative of Ilona Mask has not responded. Volkswagen itself intends to comply with the prescriptions in early 2016, with the new CEO Matthias Muller said that the number of problem cars is not as great as previously thought.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/367379/
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