BERLIN, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- More than five million diesel cars are to be equipped with a new software, aiming for less pollutants emission, German association of automobile industry (VDA) announces here on Wednesday.
According to the statement of VDA, the car producers promises a "comprehensive and speedy retrofit" of over 5 million diesel cars in Germany.
"The manufacturers agree that retrofitting will not incur any extra costs for the holders and the retrofitting will not affect engine performance, fuel consumption or service life," the statement adds.
VDA believes that the technical advances in the last years make the retrofit possible.
Representatives from German Federal Ministry of Transport, German Federal Ministry of Environment, automobile industry association and giant automakers including VW, Daimler, BMW and Audi gathered together in Berlin to discuss the pollution issue of diesel cars in Germany.
Shortly before the conference began, the host announced that the meeting point had to be changed from the German Federal Ministry of Transport to German Federal Ministry of the Interior due to "technical reasons".
A few activists had occupied the transport ministry. They climbed to the roof and demonstrated with a banner against air pollution.
As a result, the conference was postponed by about one hour.
