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大眾汽車(chē)(Volkswagen)承認(rèn)其在美國(guó)的尾氣排放測(cè)試中造假后，昨日股價(jià)暴跌近20%，還引發(fā)了對(duì)整個(gè)行業(yè)展開(kāi)全面調(diào)查的呼吁。消息震驚歐洲汽車(chē)業(yè)。
大眾汽車(chē)的市值蒸發(fā)逾130億歐元，并拖累其他汽車(chē)制造商股價(jià)。該集團(tuán)首席執(zhí)行官文德恩(Martin Winterkorn)已就測(cè)試造假道歉，并下令對(duì)這件事展開(kāi)外部調(diào)查。
德國(guó)政府要求緊急調(diào)查大眾等汽車(chē)制造商是否也曾在德國(guó)接受排放測(cè)試時(shí)造假。德國(guó)副總理西格馬爾加布里爾(Sigmar Gabriel)表示，這是汽車(chē)行業(yè)的一個(gè)“不光彩篇章”。
世界第二大汽車(chē)制造商上周五被勒令在美國(guó)召回近50萬(wàn)輛汽車(chē)，此前它向美國(guó)監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)——國(guó)家環(huán)境保護(hù)局(EPA)承認(rèn)，它曾安裝“欺騙裝置”以便冒充達(dá)到環(huán)保標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
美國(guó)國(guó)家環(huán)保局和加州空氣資源委員會(huì)(California Air Resources Board)已開(kāi)始采購(gòu)其他廠商的汽車(chē)，以測(cè)試其是否安裝了類似裝置，而德國(guó)官方擬審查排放數(shù)據(jù)是否曾被操縱。
這一消息導(dǎo)致汽車(chē)制造商股價(jià)紛紛下跌，戴姆勒(Daimler)、寶馬(BMW)、雷諾(Renault)和標(biāo)致雪鐵龍(PSA Peugeot Citro渀)均遭到拋售，投資者擔(dān)憂整個(gè)行業(yè)潛在面臨巨額成本。大眾面臨著數(shù)十億美元的罰款和保修成本，還可能被美國(guó)車(chē)主提起集體訴訟，該公司的高管可能面臨刑事指控。（中國(guó)進(jìn)出口網(wǎng)）
The European car industry was shaken yesterday after Volkswagen’s share price fell almost 20 per cent over its admission that it cheated on US emissions tests, triggering calls for a broader inquiry into the sector.
More than ㄠ3bn was wiped off VW’s market capitalisation, triggering a wider fall in carmakers’ shares, after Martin Winterkorn, the group’s chief executive, apologised and ordered an external investigation into the affair.
The German government called for an urgent probe into whether VW and other carmakers had also manipulated emissions’ tests in Germany. Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s vice-chancellor, said it was a “bad episode” for the car industry.
The world’s second-biggest carmaker was ordered on Friday to recall nearly half a million cars in the US after it admitted to the US regulator, the Environmental Protection Agency, that it had fitted “defeat devices” to bypass environmental standards.
The EPS and California Air Resources Board have now begun procuring other manufacturers’ vehicles to test for similar devices, while Berlin plans to examine whether emissions data have been manipulated.
The news prompted a fall in carmakers’ shares with Daimle, BMW, Renault and PSA Peugeot Citro渀 each being sold off amid investor concerns over the potential scale of the cost to the broader industry. VW faces billions of dollars in fines and warranty costs, possible criminal charges for executives and class-action lawsuits from US drivers.
