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It
quoted the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) as telling VW
in a November 2015 email it would choose test models randomly
and appoint new external experts to carry out testing because of
doubts about the independence of the company's CO2 testing
regime.
"VW has to give a declaration that they (vehicles submitted to
tests) comply with standards for serial production models and
were not subject to change in any way," the newspaper quoted the
KBA's email as saying.
There was no immediate comment from a VW spokesman. The German
Transport Ministry, which is home to the KBA, declined to
comment as its investigation into CO2 emission tests is not
concluded yet, a spokesman said.
It was not clear in Saturday's report whether the KBA remains
concerned about the transparency of VW's CO2 emissions tests.
VW admitted in November 2015 that besides rigging diesel
emissions tests it had understated the fuel consumption and CO2
emissions of about 800,000 vehicles. It then announced a month
later that follow-up tests had shown the CO2 irregularities
affected less than 40,000 cars.
(Reporting by Andreas Cremer and; Gernot Heller; editing by Mark
Heinrich)
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