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The charge against them is very clear. The feature is changing the performance which enabled excess emissions. Whether is it software or hardware does not real
by janice1999 3y ago
The charge against them is very clear. The feature is changing the performance which enabled excess emissions. Whether is it software or hardware does not really matter.
> Today, the Justice Department reached an initial agreement with Cummins Inc. to settle claims that, over the past decade, the company unlawfully altered hundreds of thousands of engines to bypass emissions tests in violation of the Clean Air Act.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-merrick-garland-agreement-principle-cummins-settle-alleged https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-me...
- s1artibartfast 3y agoBut it lacks details. Emission defeat devices may be as simple as an unsecured maintenance port enabling people to flash their ECU. To your parent point, that would be an absence of a feature or a feature that takes less development.
- josephcsible 3y agoIf giving truck owners the ability to modify their own software is against the law, then I'd rather have emissions laws repealed entirely.