The chief executive of Volkswagen has apologised and ordered an external investigation into findings that the carmaker cheated on US emissions tests to make its vehicles appear less polluting.
有查詢拜訪成果稱，民眾汽車(Volkswagen)在美國汽車尾氣排放檢測中造假，以使該品牌汽車看上去沒有排放那末多的汙染物。民眾首席履行官文德恩(Martin Winterkorn)已就此報歉並命令睜開外部查詢拜訪。
In a statement on Sunday, Martin Winterkorn, chief executive of the German carmaker, said the board of management took the findings “very seriously”.
在上周日的一份聲明中，文德恩表現，民眾治理委員會看待這些查詢拜訪成果的立場“異常嚴正”。
He added: “I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public. We will co-operate fully with the responsible agencies, with transparency and urgency, to clearly, openly, and completely establish all of the facts of this case.”
他彌補稱：“咱們孤負了客人和"大眾,"的信賴，我小我對此深表遺憾。咱們將以透明和緊急的方法與賣力機構共同努力，以明白、公然和完全地查明究竟本相。”
The company also confirmed on Sunday evening that it had suspended from sale cars with its popular 4-cylinder “clean diesel” engine. VW said it had halted sales of new, two-litre TDI vehicles, as well as any certified pre-owned versions of the affected models at dealerships, going back to 2009.
民眾上周日晚間還證明，它已停息發賣搭載頗受迎接的四缸“幹凈柴油”發念頭的車輛。該公司表現，已停息發賣搭載2.0升渦輪增壓柴油直噴(TDI)發念頭的新車、和經銷商手裏統統受影響車型的經由認證的二手車——這些車型可追溯到2009年。
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said diesel variants of several VW and Audi models sold in the US over six years — including the VW Passat, Beetle and Audi A3 — had been fitted with sophisticated algorithms designed to deceive the laboratory testing regime.
美國國度情況掩護局(Environmental Protection Agency)上周五表現，曩昔6年，在美發賣的幾款柴油版民眾及奧迪(Audi)車型安置了龐雜的算法，以騙過試驗室檢測體系。
The authorities ordered VW to recall 482,000 cars because of the use of so-called defeat devices — which use software to detect when the car is being tested and runs treatments to reduce nitrogen oxides. Once out on the road, the cars were discovered to produce pollutants up to 40 times the legal limits.
美國政府敕令民眾召回48.2萬輛安置了所謂誘騙裝配的汽車，這些裝配應用軟件來辨認汽車是不是在接收檢測，並在接收檢測時啟動掩護體系削減氮氧化物排放。一旦上路，這些汽車排放的汙染物最高可達法定上限的40倍。
The discovery leaves the German carmaker — which has admitted to using the defeat devices — potentially facing billions of dollars in fines and warranty costs, possible criminal charges for executives and class-action lawsuits from US drivers.
這些查詢拜訪成果大概會讓民眾(它已認可應用了上述誘騙裝配)面對幾十億美元罰款和保修用度，其高管大概遭受刑事訴訟，而該公司大概面對美國車主的團體訴訟。
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