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Previously unpublished documents are said to show the extent of the diesel scandal

From the point of view of the environmental and consumer association Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), previously unpublished documents once again show the extent of diesel fraud in the automotive industry - according to the law enforcement authorities, the documents were already known.

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Previously unpublished documents are said to show the extent of the diesel scandal

From the point of view of the environmental and consumer association Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), previously unpublished documents once again show the extent of diesel fraud in the automotive industry - according to the law enforcement authorities, the documents were already known. "These show the active role of the diesel companies in commissioning the fraudulent software - despite proven knowledge of the legal problems," said the association on Thursday.

The documents log reports to the board of the automotive supplier Bosch. The group was fined 90 million euros in 2019 for its involvement in the diesel scandal.

According to the logs, in October 2015, Bosch engineers listed more than 40 different possible exhaust gas cleaning functions. Many are provided with technical notes in the documents which, according to the DUH, suggest that Bosch was aware of the possible illegal use of these functions. In addition, the industrial customers who have used these functions are named - "virtually all manufacturers worldwide", as the DUH further announced.

The exhaust gas scandal, which first became known at Volkswagen, revolves around the use of software functions in the cleaning of diesel exhaust gases, with the help of which the measured exhaust gas values ​​should appear lower than the emissions actually emitted. In some cases, illegal programs were discovered. However, the legal gray area around the so-called thermal windows is also controversial - i.e. the downregulation or even switching off of the exhaust gas cleaning in certain temperature ranges, officially to protect engine components.

It is questionable whether the publication of the documents will again have legal consequences for the industry. According to the public prosecutor's office in Stuttgart, at least she already had the documents in the investigation against Bosch in 2019. Accordingly, no further proceedings will now be initiated, the authority announced on Thursday on request. Bosch himself emphasized: "The points listed are not new and have all been worked up."

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