November 17, 2015 at 1:00 a.m.
| Updated November 16, 2015 at 11:21 p.m.
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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, file photo, the grille of a Volkswagen car for sale is decorated with the iconic company symbol in Boulder, Colo. Germany's Volkswagen, already reeling from news that it had cheated on U.S. tests for nitrogen oxide emissions, said Tuesday, Nov. 3, that an internal investigation had revealed "unexplained inconsistencies" in the carbon dioxide emissions from 800,000 vehicles that could cost the company another 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion). The revelation comes after VW's admission in September that it rigged emissions tests for four-cylinder diesel engines on 11 million cars worldwide, including almost 500,000 in the U.S. It has already set aside 6.7 billion euros ($7.4 billion) to cover the costs of recalling those vehicles. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
Volkswagen manipulated the carbon dioxide emission levels of more gas-powered vehicles than previously disclosed, a spokesman for the carmaker said Monday.
According to Reuters, VW said on Nov. 3 it had understated the level of CO2 emissions in about 800,000 cars sold mainly in Europe, and consequently misstated their fuel usage. It said then that the cheating affected predominantly 1.2 and 1.4 liter diesel engines and one petrol engine, the 1.4 liter motor with a cylinder cut-off.
In a statement published on Friday after European business hours, the carmaker said it had also identified "implausible CO2 levels" in current gas models, including the 1.0 liter Seat Ibiza, the 1.2 liter VW Jetta and the 2.0 liter VW Passat. Some 24 models with gas engines out of a total 130 VW group vehicles were listed in the attachment on Friday.
