VW Emissions Cheating
The cluster centers on discussions of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal, where software detected emissions tests and adjusted engine behavior to cheat regulations, with commenters drawing parallels to similar cheating in other manufacturers and contexts.
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Sounds like another https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
Maybe it's just something less evil: diesel engines have some filter which needs to be cleaned automatically. Usually it happens on a highway when driving fast. It increases the emissions a lot when the cleaning is going on. Maybe this software device just made sure that this only happens on highway so they would never measure it in a lab?
Sounds exactly like what VW did for emission testing, score another one for the bad guys.
Didn't volkswagen "fix" some emission tests in this manner?
I wish people would stop acting like this was just VW. Every major manufacturer in Europe was found to have either emissions-cheating code, or to have emissions levels wildly higher than what the manufacturer claimed, because the EU regulators just trusted manufacturers to test and report CO2 and NOx figures. Shockingly, they all lied.And if you live in America, diesel pickups have to meet a far less stringent set of emissions standards.On top of that, many people who own duramaxes,
Would car manufacturers get away with this? "No emission tests allowed!"
Like Volkswagen emissions systems!
You should complain to your car manufacturer as it is a cheat to comply with emission regulation. If they meet it without it can be permanently disabled by the user.
"regulators are considering steps to tighten emissions standards for diesel engines"? - interesting that the old emissions standards were (one presumes) absolutely fine, until somebody turns out to have been cheating.
It's not really wrong, is it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal