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The hardware and low level stuff comes from Bosch, but the higher level code would be VW. Source: Friend is EU car analyst and has spoken to engineers.
by dabeeeenster 11y ago
The hardware and low level stuff comes from Bosch, but the higher level code would be VW. Source: Friend is EU car analyst and has spoken to engineers.
- yitchelle 11y ago> ...but the higher level code would be VW Wasn't it Bosch that recommended to VW that this is a bad idea. So Bosch is not all together innocent. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34373637 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34373637 Bosch was being investigated as well. http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/20/us-probes-bosch-in-vw-cheating-scandal-sources.html http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/20/us-probes-bosch-in-vw-cheatin...
- masklinn 11y ago> Wasn't it Bosch that recommended to VW that this is a bad idea. So Bosch is not all together innocent. Emissions are a function of the software configuration of the engine, and engines can be tuned based on the needs of the vehicle they're put in. Bosch having built in that flexibility is what'd be expected from them, I don't see why they'd be at fault for a manufacturer misusing it and misrepresenting the profile they've set up.
- Rexxar 11y ago> So Bosch is not all together innocent. The Bosch software was designed mainly for testing purpose not to be used on real cars. It's perfectly legitimate to build this sort of software and give it to your customers. When someone use a debug tool to crack a software you don't tell that people who have made the debugger are "not altogether innocent". From your first link: Citing unidentified sources, Bild said Bosch had warned Volkswagen as early as 2007 that its software should only be used in company tests and not for normal driving.
- a3n 11y agoYeah, while not denying the possibility, at this point I don't see anything that points to Bosch as being complicit. Unless there was a wink and a nudge to go along with Bosch's warning.