Brussels piles pressure on VW over refusal to make ‘dieselgate’ payouts
大众汽车“排放门”丑闻继续发酵
广州汽车翻译公司：欧盟对大众汽车加大压力，因为大众对涉案汽车的美国车主提供了1万美元赔偿，但未向欧洲车主作出任何表示。
Brussels has upped the ante in its clash with Volkswagen over the German carmaker’s refusal to compensate VW car owners in Europe caught up in the “dieselgate” scandal, with officials warning there could be negative consequences for the car industry.
欧盟在与大众(Volkswagen)的交锋中加大了火力，焦点问题是这家德国汽车制造商拒绝赔偿被卷入“排放门”的欧洲车主。官员们警告，汽车业可能面对负面后果。广州汽车翻译公司。
The European Commission is objecting to how VW has offered US owners of diesel cars that were equipped with software to cheat emissions tests up to $10,000 each in compensation, but nothing to their European counterparts.
欧盟委员会(European Commission)反对的是，对于安装了作弊软件以便在排放测试中蒙混过关的柴油汽车，大众向美国车主提供至多1万美元赔偿，但没有向欧洲车主作出任何表示。
EU officials said VW’s blunt refusal to make a gesture to car owners in Europe could do reputational damage to the wider industry, with a knock-on effect on the reception that the sector will get when it tries to lobby the regional bloc on other issues. One official even made a comparison with the cold shoulder given to banks when the EU set about regulating the sector in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
欧盟官员们表示，大众断然拒绝向欧洲车主作出任何表达善意的姿态，可能给整个行业带来名誉损害，并影响该行业在其它问题上游说欧盟时可能得到的回应。一位官员甚至提出，这可以与2008年金融危机后欧盟着手监管银行业时、银行得到的冷遇相提并论。广州汽车翻译公司。
Brussels has also been alarmed by
布鲁塞尔方面还对英国和德国监管机构4月份揭露的情况感到震惊：多家汽车制造商——包括大众、戴姆勒(Daimler)旗下的梅赛德斯-奔驰(Mercedes-Benz)、以及通用汽车(General Motors)旗下的欧宝(Opel)——在汽车上安装了软件，在天气太冷时关闭排放控制技术。
The companies said at the time these arrangements were to protect vehicle engines in cold weather, but Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European commissioner for industry, last week accused carmakers of being “in denial” about the extent of emissions test manipulation.
相关公司当时表示，这些安排是为了在寒冷天气下保护汽车发动机，但欧盟工业事务专员艾姿琵塔•比恩寇斯卡(Elżbieta Bieńkowska)上周指责汽车制造商“否认”对排放测试的操纵程度。广州汽车翻译公司。
Tensions between Brussels and VW have been magnified by a letter sent by Matthias Müller, the company’s chief executive, to Ms Bieńkowska on May 11, in which he said problems with European cars could be dealt with through recalls to fix the vehicles.
布鲁塞尔和大众之间的紧张关系在该公司首席执行官马提亚斯•穆勒(Matthias Müller) 5月11日致比恩寇斯卡的信中表露无遗。他在信中表示，欧洲汽车可以通过召回以修复汽车来处理。
“As the vehicles in the EU will be technically flawless after successful retrofitting and will comply with all regulatory standards, no basis for further compensation exists,” wrote Mr Müller in the letter, which was obtained by the Financial Times through a freedom of information request.
“由于欧盟境内的汽车在成功改装后在技术上将无懈可击，并将符合所有监管标准，因此不存在进一步赔偿的依据，”穆勒在信中写道。英国《金融时报》按照《信息自由法》提出请求，获得了这封信。
