Fiat Chrysler intends to issue a software update that it says will address regulators' claims that its diesel engines are producing excess emissions, a lawyer for the carmaker said. Regulators could approve the software update's release to models from 2014 onwards within a few weeks, bypassing the need to issue new hardware, he added. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in December that Volkswagen had installed illegal defeat devices on some of its diesel-powered cars and was using them as "covert defeats" when testing emissions controls. The carmaker faces more than 20 other lawsuits from dealers and owners over the scandal.
Fiat Chrysler intends to issue a software update that it says will address regulators' claims that its diesel engines are producing excess emissions, a lawyer for the carmaker said. Regulators could approve the software update's release to models from 2014 onwards within a few weeks, bypassing the need to issue new hardware, he added. On Tuesday, the US Justice Department filed a civil suit accusing Fiat Chrysler of using "defeat devices" to bypass emission controls in 104,000 2014-2016 diesel cars. The carmaker faces more than 20 other lawsuits from dealers and owners over the scandal.