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The governments of Germany, Italy and Switzerland raided the offices of the fiat-Chrysler and truck manufacturer CNH Industrial for claiming that some engines produced illegal emission levels.
The action involves the alleged use of so-called “neutralization devices” to mask vehicle diesel pollutants.
The engines used through Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Jeep, as well as CNH’s Iveco trucks, are in the middle of the probe.
The British government has also asked two London corporations to provide documents.
Fiat-Chrysler Automobile (FCA) and CNH Industrial (CNH) are controlled through Exor, the corporate holding company of the Italian family Agnelli.
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A member of Eurojust, a European Union firm for unscrupulous cooperation between member states, said the investigation was examining “several people” who might have been concerned about the alleged authorization to use the devices. He didn’t call them.
The raids, introduced through German prosecutors investigating emissions fraud, involve allegations that neutralization devices were used in the 200,000 vehicle engine control software.
The use of software to improve emissions levels was made clear in Volkswagen’s “disselected” issue. Defeat devices allow engines to succeed in contaminant levels in laboratory tests, but close the emission control formula under genuine driving conditions.
Eurojust did not call the companies looted. However, the FCA and the CNH issued statements, acknowledging that investigators had visited several offices in Europe and were cooperating fully with the authorities.
Eurojust also stated that “the British government has ordered two corporations in London to submit the relevant documents.” Again, those corporations have been named.
The saying: “Defeat devices are illegal under existing EU regulations. Vehicles equipped with disposal devices are not approved for road use in the EU and consumers with such devices installed in their cars face imaginable traffic bans.”
Wednesday’s raids took place in 3 offices in Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Hesse, 3 positions in Italy’s Piedmont region and one location in the Swiss canton of Thurgau.
The VW dieselgate scandal broke out in 2015, when Europe’s largest automaker paid 30 billion euros (27 billion pounds) in fines and was investigated by regulators around the world. In the UK, motorists are involved in legal action to offload compensation.
But VW is the only manufacturer stuck in claims about deactivation devices. Nissan, Ford and Daimler are among many corporations whose true emission levels have been questioned.