Volkswagen is slowly inching toward progress in making its faulty diesel vehicles — from its emissions scandal — comply with regulations in Germany.
On Wednesday, the embattled automaker was granted its first approval in the country on its proposal for fixing the manipulated emissions software in one of its diesel models, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
"The Federal Motor Transport Authority today gave final approval for the vehicle model Amarok 2.0-liter," the authority said in a statement to the Journal.
That means VW could go ahead and inform owners about the model's issue, set a recall and repair the affected vehicles.
While it's a step in the right direction for VW in Germany, the automaker still hasn't received a green light for its proposal to fix nearly 600,000 faulty diesel vehicles in the United States. Two weeks ago, the United States' Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board (CARB) rejected the company's proposed fix for compromised diesel vehicles.
Earlier this week, VW's second-largest shareholder gave the company a three-month deadline to come clean about the origins of its emissions scandal in an attempt to speed the process of remedying its impending recall in the United States.
In Germany, VW is ordered to recall models with 1.2-liter, 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter diesel engines.
"Approvals for the other affected models are currently under examination," the Federal Motor Transport Authority told the Journal.
The automaker had previously stated that a software update, each taking about 30 minutes, would be installed on 1.2-liter and 2.0-liter diesel engines, while 1.6-liter engine models would require a software update and hardware fix to bring their emissions to compliance.
