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Why do you want to encourage a race to the bottom?
by gech 9y ago
Why do you want to encourage a race to the bottom?
- asmithmd1 9y agoI fully agree with the regulations that is why I was at first appalled when I thought they cheated in an un-interesting way. I thought maybe they exploited the fact that only the drive wheels were turning during the test and used that information to switch modes. I regard that as simply breaking the rules. What VW did do was more interesting and could be interpreted as exploiting a loophole in the law. They very precisely met the requirements of the emissions test as it was written in the law. I see this as a regulation failure and should be used to inform future emission laws and testing. This whole video is interesting but at least watch starting at this point to see how clever VW engineers are: https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7331-the_exhaust_emissions_scandal_dieselgate#video&t=3480 https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7331-the_exhaust_emissions_scand... If there had not been such a public outcry VW might have pushed back saying they are in compliance with the law as written.