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>> Overall it is better that this group of cars were cheating as opposed to say Toyota's gasoline powered cars I'm assuming this is due to the fact diesels run
by at-fates-hands 11y ago
>> Overall it is better that this group of cars were cheating as opposed to say Toyota's gasoline powered cars
I'm assuming this is due to the fact diesels run cleaner than gas powered cars? This is what I've been told my whole life, so it seems this part of the scandal has been forgotten or overshadowed by the bad deeds of rigging their cars?
- ChuckMcM 11y agoNo because the impact of cheaters is a function of how much of the population they represent. Since diesels aren't a large percentage of the cars on the road in California the fact that they were cheating was not statistically significant in the overall contribution of pollution. Toyota however has a huge percentage of the California vehicle market and had they been cheating, the measured air quality would not have matched the predicted air quality.
- douche 11y agoThere are a hell of a lot more gasoline-powered Toyotas out there than diesel VWs. At least in the U.S., diesels are generally dirtier. That might be because our diesel has mostly been high-sulphur, not the cleaner diesel that Europe has. Most diesel engines are built for heavy equipment, tractor-trailers, or pickup trucks in the U.S.
- selimthegrim 11y agoUltra low sulfur diesel has been the law in the US for highway vehicles since 2007