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Europe's biggest
automaker admitted on Sept. 18 it used illegal software to
manipulate emissions tests on diesel vehicles in the United
States, sparking the biggest business crisis in its history.
Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> has said vehicles may have been fitted
with cheat software elsewhere too, with up to 11 million
affected worldwide that contained its EA 189 diesel engine.
U.S. regulators have said they are also investigating
Volkswagen's "generation 3" vehicles in the United States, which
contained newer EA 288 diesel engine. But it has not been clear
whether these engines were being examined elsewhere.
"Other generations of the EA 288 are currently being examined,"
Volkswagen said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday, after
German news agency DPA reported that additional engines types
may be involved in the emissions scandal.
Volkswagen said the current generation of the EA 288 was
unaffected, but did not provide any more details in its
statement and was not immediately available for further comment.
(Reporting by Andreas Cremer; Writing by Maria Sheahan; Editing
by Victoria Bryan and Mark Potter)
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