WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The Environmental Protection Agency and California's Air Resources Board on Monday announced further violations by Volkswagen AG related to the recent discovery of software implanted by the German automaker intended to skirt U.S. emissions laws.
The agencies said the automaker received a second notice of violation of the Clean Air Act, which affects thousands of additional Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles.
"The [violation] alleges that VW developed and installed a defeat device in certain VW, Audi and Porsche light duty diesel vehicles equipped with 3.0 liter engines for model years 2014 through 2016 that increases emissions of nitrogen oxide up to nine times EPA's standard," the federal agency said in a statement Monday. "The vehicles covered by today's [notice] are the diesel versions of the 2014 VW Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, and Q5."
The EPA and California Air Resources Board, which have each …
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