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> On Aug 23, 2019, at 1:29 PM, Tom Keenan via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > The video explained that the Dieselgate ‘fix’ for a specific Diesel engine > used in at least one model of VW only was enabled between a specific outside > air temperature range, 5 to 35 c if I remember correctly. If the temp was > less than 5c, the emissions fix was turned off. If above 35c it was turned > off. In many parts of Europe (where this specific vehicle was sold) the > emissions fix would be turned off much of the time. > > Tom Keenan > >>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 10:37 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 23 Aug 2019 at 16:27, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: >>> >>> VW is at it again cheating on emissions via software again. This time it is >>> temperature and again they got caught. >> >> Sorry, I didn't watch the video clip; I prefer to read about such things. >> Is it this? >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/business/audi-vw-emissions-scandal.html >> >> "Newly uncovered documents viewed by The New York Times show that >> Volkswagen´s Audi luxury-car unit was more deeply involved in developing the >> emissions cheating scheme than previously known, and continued to sell >> vehicles with illegal software even after the scandal became public ... Most >> of the recent set of documents were prepared in 2007 and 2008 ... >> >> "So ingrained was the use of illegal software that Audi continued to use it >> even after American authorities formally accused Volkswagen of emissions >> cheating in September 2015. In December 2017, according to documents that >> did not become public until earlier this month, German regulators ordered >> Audi to recall 150,000 [European-sold] Q5 midsize S.U.V.s with 3-liter >> diesel engines because they contained defeat devices." >> >> From what I've read recently, almost all European automakers were doing the >> same thing as VW/Audi, using similar onboard software that detected when the >> vehicle was under test and kept emissions within legal limits only then. >> >> They got away with it for years, because the EU emissions certification >> program is pretty much broken. Remember, VW was collared not in Germany (fat >> chance), but right here in the US. Clearly, "regulatory capture" isn't >> unique to the US. >> >> This may be one reason that much of Western Europe is now pushing hard for >> EVs and against Diesels. >> >> Please correct me if I've misstated anything in this post. >> >> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA >> EVDL Administrator >> >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not >> reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my >> email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
