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> VW has spent the last ten years figuring out how to build dozens of models ..whilst also managing to squeeze in figuring out how to cheat emissions tests! Wh
by growlist 8y ago
> VW has spent the last ten years figuring out how to build dozens of models
..whilst also managing to squeeze in figuring out how to cheat emissions tests! What a company.
- ovi256 8y agoThat's so easy it's done in embedded programming university classes. All VW did was turn on the 'cheat emissions' flag in the ECU supplied by Bosch. Don't get me wrong, it's still cheating.
- Certhas 8y agoTrue but irrelevant to the point at hand. Consider this. Total R&D investment of companies world wide, Top 5: 1) Amazon 20B 2) Alphabet 15B 3) Samsung 13B 4) Intel 12B 5) VW 11.5B No other industrial company is in the top 10. Tesla is at a tenth of VW in total R&D. https://www.ey.com/ch/en/newsroom/news-releases/news-release-ey-worldwide-swiss-companies-invest-most-in-research-and-development https://www.ey.com/ch/en/newsroom/news-releases/news-release...