"The German government protected all the past years German car manufactures… from stronger emission limits, in air pollution as well as in CO2 emissions… The outcome of the summit speaks for itself: the car manufactures must only convert the software to a level, what the law regulation is. This is ridiculous, they should do it anyway, because it is law," Fell said.
The president stressed that a zero emission quota was the only appropriate deal between the government and auto manufacturers to ensure cleaner diesel cars.
The president added that the government must strengthen public control over the issue and severely punish those who used fraudulent software to lower emission levels.
The German carmakers have faced a number of allegations on attempting to circumvent emission regulations. In July, the Spiegel magazine reported that Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, BMW, and Daimler, as well as other leading German automakers, coordinated their actions on designing diesel emissions treatment systems in diesel vehicles. Volkswagen has been embroiled in a controversy over cheating emission software for several years.