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I fail to see how this is HN related. Any hints are welcome.

by tiplus 10y ago

mavdi 10y ago
I guess this might be related to the VW testing fuck up which was blamed on the software.
banach 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- tiplus 10y ago
  Thanks, I guess I deserved the down votes for not reading this before.
forgetsusername 10y ago
HackerNews now considers all automotive companies the enemy of Tesla, and hence many people take pleasure in their problems. Perish the thought we root for the success of everyone.
- 10098201 10y ago
  Lately all good comments seem to be greyed out. Time for a color inversion addon.
- dgacmu 10y ago
  Or, you know - VW was in the news in a major way for a certain little issue of fudging their emissions testing [1] and is expected to incur costs of US$18.3 billion associated with them [2], in the largest automotive settlement in history. At least one reader of HN (me) finds it interesting to see how this affects the company in terms of profits, sales, and jobs, and to understand the effects on the broader automotive market. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal [2] http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-says-diesel-car-buy-backs-to-cost-almost-9-billion-1461831943 http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-says-diesel-car-buy-b...
  - ams6110 10y ago
    So, VW fudged the numbers on an arbitrary emissions limit in a market sector (diesel passenger cars in the USA) that is so tiny it is environmentally inconsequential, and now 30K people are losing their jobs? If you ask me, the penalty is entirely out of proportion to the offense.
    - dgacmu 10y ago
      First, the penalty was a recall of the affected cars. About eleven million of them, in many countries, not just the US. This is almost exactly the definition of "proportional". Second read the article - they're not doing layoffs. Third, don't complain to me. I was simply pointing out why the article was interesting.

I fail to see how this is HN related. Any hints are welcome.

by tiplus 10y ago

I fail to see how this is HN related. Any hints are welcome.

mavdi 10y ago

I guess this might be related to the VW testing fuck up which was blamed on the software.

banach 10y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

tiplus 10y ago
Thanks, I guess I deserved the down votes for not reading this before.

forgetsusername 10y ago

HackerNews now considers all automotive companies the enemy of Tesla, and hence many people take pleasure in their problems. Perish the thought we root for the success of everyone.

10098201 10y ago
Lately all good comments seem to be greyed out. Time for a color inversion addon.
dgacmu 10y ago
Or, you know - VW was in the news in a major way for a certain little issue of fudging their emissions testing [1] and is expected to incur costs of US$18.3 billion associated with them [2], in the largest automotive settlement in history. At least one reader of HN (me) finds it interesting to see how this affects the company in terms of profits, sales, and jobs, and to understand the effects on the broader automotive market. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal [2] http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-says-diesel-car-buy-backs-to-cost-almost-9-billion-1461831943 http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-says-diesel-car-buy-b...
- ams6110 10y ago
  So, VW fudged the numbers on an arbitrary emissions limit in a market sector (diesel passenger cars in the USA) that is so tiny it is environmentally inconsequential, and now 30K people are losing their jobs? If you ask me, the penalty is entirely out of proportion to the offense.
  - dgacmu 10y ago
    First, the penalty was a recall of the affected cars. About eleven million of them, in many countries, not just the US. This is almost exactly the definition of "proportional". Second read the article - they're not doing layoffs. Third, don't complain to me. I was simply pointing out why the article was interesting.