And they lobbied governments to keep the tests a joke (e.g. test emissions on downwhill roads): https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/24/uk-france-a

And they lobbied governments to keep the tests a joke (e.g. test emissions on downwhill roads): https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/24/uk-france-and-germany-lobbied-for-flawed-car-emissions-tests-documents-reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/24/uk-franc... Of course the governments probably lobbied for this stuff because it improves their car industry tax profits/employment numbers.