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Administrator
After Volkswagen and Audi werefound to have been deliberately violating emissions laws worldwide for over a decade,both Volkswagen and Germany starteda hunt tovalidate their claim that “everyone does it.”
One result of this is a movement to have more practical tests that are harder to trick. Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche had set up their diesel engines with “test sniffing” software.Another result was the discovery that other automakers worked within the EU law by implementing rather severe “engine protection” software (which may be one reason Fiat never brought its popularsmall MultiJets to the US).
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One result of this is a movement to have more practical tests that are harder to trick. Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche had set up their diesel engines with “test sniffing” software.Another result was the discovery that other automakers worked within the EU law by implementing rather severe “engine protection” software (which may be one reason Fiat never brought its popularsmall MultiJets to the US).
Read the full story: FCA’s “22 minute” diesel defense »
More...