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It's a shame it's not clear from the article why university students were testing emissions from a Jetta in the first place. Can anyone shed any light on this?

greyhat 9y ago
West Virginia University has the Center for Alternative Fuels Engines and Emissions as part of the engineering school, and they test lots of different vehicles and engine technologies. http://www.cafee.wvu.edu http://www.cafee.wvu.edu
- greyhat 9y ago
  There is also a NYT article focused on the researchers: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/business/vw-wvu-diesel-volkswagen-west-virginia.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/business/vw-wvu-diesel...
bigbugbag 9y ago
They were commissioned by a European NGO, the international council on clean transportation (ICTT)[1]. The ICTT wanted to include diesel cars from the US market where regulation are stricter with intent to show that it was actually possible to have lower emission from diesel cars. As stated at the beginning of their report[2]: The Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions (CAFEE) at West Virginia University (WVU) was contracted by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to conduct in-use testing of three light-duty diesel vehicles, using a portable emissions measurement system (PEMS), over a variety of pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions pertinent to major United States population centers located in the state of California. You can also have a look at the ICTT report[3]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Council_on_Clean_Transportation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Council_on_Clean... [2]: http://www.eenews.net/assets/2015/09/21/document_cw_02.pdf http://www.eenews.net/assets/2015/09/21/document_cw_02.pdf [3]: http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT_PEMS-study_diesel-cars_20141013.pdf http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT...

greyhat 9y ago

West Virginia University has the Center for Alternative Fuels Engines and Emissions as part of the engineering school, and they test lots of different vehicles and engine technologies. http://www.cafee.wvu.edu http://www.cafee.wvu.edu

greyhat 9y ago
There is also a NYT article focused on the researchers: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/business/vw-wvu-diesel-volkswagen-west-virginia.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/business/vw-wvu-diesel...

bigbugbag 9y ago

They were commissioned by a European NGO, the international council on clean transportation (ICTT)[1]. The ICTT wanted to include diesel cars from the US market where regulation are stricter with intent to show that it was actually possible to have lower emission from diesel cars. As stated at the beginning of their report[2]: The Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions (CAFEE) at West Virginia University (WVU) was contracted by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to conduct in-use testing of three light-duty diesel vehicles, using a portable emissions measurement system (PEMS), over a variety of pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions pertinent to major United States population centers located in the state of California. You can also have a look at the ICTT report[3]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Council_on_Clean_Transportation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Council_on_Clean... [2]: http://www.eenews.net/assets/2015/09/21/document_cw_02.pdf http://www.eenews.net/assets/2015/09/21/document_cw_02.pdf [3]: http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT_PEMS-study_diesel-cars_20141013.pdf http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT...