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| Renault's entire senior management team is implicated in an investigation into emissions test cheating, news agency Agence France-Presse has said in a tweet. | |
| Earlier on Wednesday Renault denied reports that its vehicles are equipped with software that allowed its vehicles to appear less polluting in tests than they are in the road | |
| The statement followed a report in French newspaper Liberation, which claimed to have obtained an investigative document from the Economy Ministry indicating that emissions from two models - the Renault Captur and the Clio IV - spewed emissions more than 300 per cent higher than the legal limit in real-life conditions. | |
| The ministry's fraud department handed its findings to prosecutors in November. | |
| French authorities raided Renault premises after Volkswagen was found to have used "defeat device" software to cheat on US diesel emissions tests. | |
| Renault recalled 15,000 cars last year over excessive levels of harmful gases, but the company insisted there was no intentional wrongdoing. | |
| Volkswagen has already agreed to pay more than $19bn in US fines over the scandal. | |
| In January, Fiat Chrysler was also accused by US regulators of cheating the tests. The company could face a fine of up to $4.6bn. | |
| Additional reporting by AP | |