Volkswagen Says It Has EPA Approval to Sell Repaired Diesels
- Sales of 2015 model diesels can begin after software update
- Diesel still unlikely to play major future role in U.S. for VW
A new Tiguan sports utility vehicle (SUV), produced by Volkswagen AG (VW), left, is transported on an elevation platform as new VW automobiles sit in storage bays inside one of the automaker's glass delivery towers at the VW factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Volkswagen sought to draw a line under the diesel scandal that has locked it in crisis mode for more than a year, with sweeping restructuring efforts starting to take hold and profitability improving at the namesake auto brand.
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/BloombergVolkswagen AG will soon do what’s been impossible since its emissions crisis began: sell diesel-powered cars in the U.S.
The company received approval from the Environmental Protection Agency for its dealers to sell 2015 model year diesels after updating the vehicles’ emissions software, VW Group of America spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan said.