US district court judge Charles R. Breyer ordered car manufacturer Volkswagen in March to create a viable contingency plan to fix its diesel cars that will satisfy both federal and state officials

The extension given by Judge Breyer is almost up and Volkswagen claims that a trial is no longer needed for more than 600 lawsuits filed against the company regarding the diesel scandal. Volkswagen is confident about its plan.

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Prior to this announcement, Judge Breyer have reiterated that he is starting to lose patience with Volkswagen and will hold a trial come summer in order to settle the lawsuit filed by hundreds of affected consumers. Moreover, the initial plan is for Volkswagen to fix the affected diesel cars or completely take them off the road.

Volkswagen has presented contingency plans in the past in order to fix its diesel engines. However, the plans were rejected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board. The two federal agencies urged Volkswagen to refine its contingency plan and create fix so that its diesel engines will return accurate emission readings.

"We do not believe any of the three generations of vehicle technologies for the two-liter vehicles can be repaired to meet their certified emissions levels," California Air Resources Board chief of enforcement division Todd Sax told Automotive News.  

German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that the emission test scandal Volkswagen is currently in can be traced back to Audi which in 1999 developed a device similar to the one used by Volkswagen. On the other hand, Audi ended up ditching the defeat device it had developed.

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