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Seriously- the Jetta TDI made 11% less power[1] in compliance mode. This isn't about the regulations being hard to meet, it's about flagrantly disregarding the
by hwillis 8y ago
Seriously- the Jetta TDI made 11% less power[1] in compliance mode. This isn't about the regulations being hard to meet, it's about flagrantly disregarding the EPA. It's about how pathetically toothless the EPA is, that they didn't have the funding or reach to discover this and instead college students figured it out.
[1]: https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-much-horsepower-volkswagens-lose-from-their-d-1734341446 https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-much-horsepower-volkswagens-l...
- Reason077 8y agoToothless? The EPA is like a great white shark compared to European regulators.
- jacquesm 8y agoWas.
- NeoBasilisk 8y agoYeah, the fact that Scott Pruitt was the head of the EPA for over a year was a sick joke.
- hinkley 8y agoThe year I bought my Jetta it was the most efficient midsize sedan by a wide margin. I bought it because my friends had Priuses and it was feeling pretty monochromatic at my house. The skeptic in me should have known better. One manufacturer was blowing everyone else out of the water? German engineering? A seriously nifty gearbox? Are those enough to explain the difference? Apparently not.