The dieselgate also affects the group Fiat-Chrysler. And the shock waves are likely to have consequences also in Europe. L'environmental protection Agency the american (Epa), after you have impeached Volkswagen in September 2015, is now doing the same with Fca for the installation of some software able to disable the control systems of the pollutant emissions in the operating conditions of the vehicle are considered normal. The systems of control that, instead, they work at full capacity in the course of carrying out of the test crafted by the same Epa to see if the law limits emissions are respected. According t o the notice of violation sent today by the american agency to the group, Fca, these software are present on the 104mila vehicles models Dodge Ram and Jeep Grand Cherokee the years 2014-2016, not approved and not sold in Italy. The accusations made in the Usa will have certainly a strong echo in Europe, because they are similar to accusations made in recent months to the Fca on the part of the German authorities. Charges on which the ministry of Transport Italian took the defenses of the automaker, after have, however, conducted a series of tests in July which led to the drawing up of a report full of gaps, where the car Fca heads are missing data present for the cars of other brands.
The Epa in the past few months has identified the presence of vehicles on the Fca of certain software, referred Aecd (Auxiliary emission control devices), which were not declared by the manufacturer. From there started a series of investigations, which, according to the u.s. agency gave "sufficient evidence" that the software are to all effects defeat device illegal, or handling devices of the emissions are similar to those used by Volkswagen. In essence the devices found in the Fca allow, in certain usage conditions, reduce the operation of the two systems used to limit emissions, the Egr system (Exhaust gas recirculation) and Scr (Selective catalyst reduction). Such a reduction, provided usually by the manufacturers to get a perfect balance between limits on emissions and performance of the vehicle, however, leads in the case of the car Fca, according to the complaints from the Epa, the exceedances of the permitted limits of emissio ns of nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are considered particularly hazardous to health, "in conditions that can reasonably expect to encounter in the course of normal use of the vehicle". And not only in exceptional cases. The reduction of the functioning of the emissions control systems is not active in the conditions that you have in test phase, when the thresholds are met.
the accusations of The Epa? Similar moves from Berlin – in The deactivation or modulation of the emission control equipment through defeat devices in the conditions of use of the vehicle are considered normal – we can read in the indictment of the Epa – is prohibited unless "could not be justified in terms of vehicle protection against damage or accidents. But this, according to the Epa, this is not the case of the vehicles Fca. On this point it is appropriate to stop for a moment. Because the american standard is similar to that of the eu, in the regulation on the approvals of 2007 establishes a kind of prohibited, of manipulation devices, where these are justified by "the need to protect the engine from damages and safe operation of the vehicle". And this is precisely the argument with which the Fca is being defended in Europe by the accusation of the use of defeat devices move in the past few months from Berlin. The German authorities have in fact found on some Fiat cars, the "deactivation" of the emission control systems after 22 minutes from power on, just two more minutes of the test duration of the type-approval Nedc in force today in the european Union. From this accusation Fca has so far defended itself by saying that one should not talk about "deactivating", but "modulation", and that this modulation is necessary to protect the engine from failures. A line that is concorde the ministry of Transport, institution omologatore in Italy, as confirmed on Thursday by the deputy minister Riccardo Nencini in the course of the hearing in front of the commission Emis (Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector), the commission of inquiry of the european Parliament born after the scandal on motors rigged by Volkswagen to carry out a survey on the cars in circulati on in our continent.
The holes in the report of the ministry of the Italian – Nencini, in front of the meps, it has had to respond to gaps and oddities in the report compiled by the ministry last July, with the results of the tests carried out in Italy on the 14 models, 7 of which are Fca. Even in the presence of officials of the ministry, the cars Fiat Chrysler, unlike all the others, have been tested in structures of the same car manufacturer instead of thethe Cnr’s engine Institute. In the graphs and in the tables in the report, are also lacking data on various models of Fca, which are present for the other brands. Here the accusation made by the association from the Citizens for the air and the M5S, which is represented in the commission Emis from mep Eleonora Evi, want to cover the Fca, who in spite of omitted data in the report is the house with the worst results in terms of NOx emissions.
being vastly over generalized of the emission limits in conditions different from those of the approval tests are to occur, however, not only for the Fca but also for the other brands. In any case, the results of the test have led the minister Graziano Delrio to exclude the use of defeat devices is illegal "in the diesel models of the other houses, except on those Volkswagen already identified". But this assessment has been questioned by Maria Vittoria Prati, which as responsible for the activities on the emissions of vehicles of the Cnr’s engine Institute has contributed to the tests of the ministry: "We concluded that we could not understand whether or not there are defeat devices", she said Meadows in the course of a telephone conversation with ilfattoquotdiano.en.
The position of the Fca: "No defeat device" – Returning to the accusations of the us authority, after having received the notice of violation the Fca has responded with a press release in which he argues that "the diesel vehicles of the company to comply with all applicable laws," and deny the use of defeat devices: "The diesel engines of Fca US – we read in the note – are equipped with hardware to control emissions at the forefront, including technology, selective catalytic reduction (Scr). Every car manufacturer has to use different strategies for the control of emissions in order to achieve a balance between the requirements of the Epa relating to the control of emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and the requirements regarding the duration, performance, security, and the containment of the consumption. Fca US feels that their emission control systems to comply with the applicable regulations". For this g roup, "strongly hopes to be able to have the opportunity to meet with the enforcement division of the EPA and representatives of the new administration, to demonstrate that the control strategies of Fca are justified and therefore do not constitute a defeat devices on the basis of the applicable legislation".
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