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I'm not following this closely, but I understand most at least 4 other auto manufacturers were doing essentially the same thing: https://www.theguardian.com/env
by wallace_f 10y ago
I'm not following this closely, but I understand most at least 4 other auto manufacturers were doing essentially the same thing: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/mercedes-honda-mazda-mitsubishi-diesel-emissions-row https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/mercedes...
Why the focus on VW, then, rather on the auto industry?
- MrRadar 10y agoVW did something in the US that's explicitly illegal under US federal law (employ a "defeat device" to disable emissions equipment outside of testing). For the most part the other auto manufacturers seem to be tuning/optimizing their emissions equipment specifically to pass the test cycles but are not going so far as to outright disable it outside of them like VW did.
- Aoyagi 10y agoThere's a difference between a car that's tuned to passively give good values at emission tests and making a device that detects emission testing, activates a procedure that involves changing the dynamics of the engine.