Volkswagen has reportedly developed a catalytic converter that will fix up to 430,000 vehicles in the U.S. affected by the recent emissions scandal.

As reported by German daily Bild am Sonntag and translated by Reuters, the device would fix those cars with a first-gen EA 189 diesel engine, found last year to be capable of cheating emissions tests.

Volkswagen in September admitted that 11 million of its diesel cars are equipped with sophisticated software used to circumvent emissions testing for certain air pollutants, 600,000 of which are in the U.S. As a result, the Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, sued VW, Audi, and Porsche for violating EPA standards and the Clear Air Act.

Now, the German company and U.S. officials are moving forward with a fix for those cars. But don't start lining up at your nearest Volkswagen dealership expecting new car parts. The patch needs to be approved by the U.S. EPA, with which new VW CEO Matthias Mueller is meeting on Wednesday, Bild said.

A Volkswagen spokeswoman told PCMag that the company is "working with agencies to find an approved remedy for the affected vehicles," but declined to comment further.

As part of an effort to offset costs related to the emissions scandal, VW will reduce investments by €1 billion ($1.14 billion) per year.

In the meantime, the Beetle maker is repositioning itself, pushing plug-in hybrids and high-volume electric vehicles. During last week's CES, Volkswagen introduced the new BUDD-e (pictured), an all-electric concept van, which lets passengers sync mobile content with a large central screen for everyone's enjoyment.

At the Detroit Auto Show this weekend, meanwhile, VW showed off the Tiguan GTE Active Concept (below), which sports two electric motors and a gasoline engine.