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VW is not alone, Fiat Chrysler did the same thing. http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/12/news/companies/epa-emissions-cheating-fiat-chrysler/ http://money.cnn.com/20
by MichaelMoser123 10y ago
VW is not alone, Fiat Chrysler did the same thing.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/12/news/companies/epa-emissions-cheating-fiat-chrysler/ http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/12/news/companies/epa-emissions...
the tricky question: did anybody figure out how to do a clean enough diesel engine without cheating?
i think its funny that European countries were pushing Diesel engines just because they emit less CO2, disregarding the NOx problem.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/05/vw-diesel-cars-scandal-declining-demand https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/05/vw-diesel-c...
- HillaryBriss 10y agoAnd so did Trump. And before that, so did Obama. And it's against the Geneva convention. And ... oh, uh ... I'm terribly sorry. I'm in the wrong thread. Please carry on.
- MagnumOpus 10y ago> the tricky question: did anybody figure out how to do a clean enough diesel engine without cheating Yes. It is just more expensive in terms of maintenance because the urea-based cleaning liquid ("AdBlue") needs to be refilled by the dealer a lot more often if the exhaust scrubbing doesn't cheat and disable it half the time. If you are interested in the details of the topic, I can recommend this CCC conference talk from last month: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-7904-software_defined_emissions https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-7904-software_defined_emissions
- MichaelMoser123 10y agowow, thanks. That's really interesting. quite amazing.