"Privileges to Fiat? It is not true". And again: "On emissions Italy has nothing to hide." The minister of Transport and Graziano Delrio will defend to the death the work of his dicastery, which after the outbreak of the dieselgate has performed a series of tests on the emissions of the car, the results of which are finished in a report full of holes and omissions, with missing data for the vehicles of the Fiat group, Chrysler. And defends the work of the Fca, which, after having come under fire ofenvironmental protection Agency the american and the German government for the alleged use of h andling equipment emissions (defeat devices), from Tuesday evening, is also open in the front to Paris, with the presentation of an exposed the prosecutor’s office from the part of the ministry of the French Economy. On the vehicles tested, said Wednesday Delrio in hearing the Room "was not found handling 'defeat device' which is not allowed by the current regulations. In fact, on the basis of the applicable standard in the presence of a 'defeat device' forbidden when you record a behavior distinctly different vehicle in terms of emission between the bench test and the road, as it was in the case Volkswagen but not in the vehicles of the group Fca tested."
But the definition which the minister Delrio gives of defeat device is prohibited is different from that in the european standards. A defeat device, or a "plant manipulation", in fact, is not only characterized by "a behavior distinctly different vehicle in terms of emission between the bench test and the road", says the minister. The regulation 715 of 2007 of the european Parliament and of the council, that sets out the rules for approvals on cars in circulation, gives a definition much wider system of manipulation: "Each element of the project that detect temperature, vehicle speed, engine speed (RPM), gear used, depression of the collector or other parameters, for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying or deactivating the operation of any part of the emission control system that reduces the effectiveness of this system in ways that can be expected during normal operation and normal use of the vehicle".
it is this definition that is basedthe accusation of the German government against the Fca. The German authorities have discovered in some of the euro 6 models of Fca-approved in Italy (500 X, Doblò and the Jeep Renegade) the reduction of the operation of the emission control systems after 22 minutes of driving, just two minutes more than the duration of the approval tests the european. The allegations by which the Fca has always been defense, with the support of our ministry, claiming that no system of emission control is turned off after 22 minutes, but only "modulated". And that all serves to protect the engine from failures. This is one of the cases where european standards may justify a derogation from the prohibition of defeat device. And if this is the case of the Fca is right in the centre of the dispute between the Italian government and the German one on which is currently pending a mediati on of the european Commission. With the outcome far from obvious, the more so that, in a document of the last days (the guidance document of 26 January on the presence of plant manipulation), Brussels, without making reference to the specifications of the car manufacturers, points out: "In the cases in which it is detected a manipulation implant of the manufacturers tend to enforce exceptions relating to the protection of the engine". And a few lines afterwards he adds that, if used to justify a strategy of emissions control, "the risk of a sudden damage and irreparable damage to the engine should be properly demonstrated and documented". And again: "The duration and the long-term protection of the engine or of components of emission control system wear and failure should not be considered an acceptable reason for granting an exemption from the prohibition of the use of plants to manipulation".
All issues on which Wednesday Delrio has avoided going into detail. The minister is limited to assert that "vehicles Fiat 500X, Fiat Doblò and the Jeep Renegade, all euro 6, are compliant with current legislation, unlike what is claimed by Germany". And it is shown optimistic on the result of the mediation Commission: "You are evolving in such a way that it can be considered positive, in recognition of the Italian position. The Commission took note of the initiatives implemented by the Italian side. The German side took note of the statements by the ministry of Transport on the improvement of the environmental performance of the vehicles of the Fca, as a result ofvoluntary action from the same manufacturer, that will soon be confirmed to you in writing. This should constitute in all likelihood, the assumption to resolve favorably a dispute between Italy and Germany".
Finally, the minister has made reference also to the report omissions of the ministry, that after the article in he helped.en with the complaints of the association Citizens for the air, and of the meps of M5S is also finished in the viewfinder of the ngo, the Brussels-based Transport & Environment, as reported yesterday the launch of news agency Reuters: "The relationship today can be considered definitive – said Delrio – and is expected to be short-term, the publication of the final version, that is completed also the results of some tests on vehicles Fca at the time of the publication of the July 27, were still in progress."
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