Yes I take your point on test conditions, but I would like to see the language of that law. I would argue any time multuple auto manufacturers are found to be in multibillion dollar violation of a law, that either the law is poorly written or the interpretation of that law was changed. Like suddenly both vw and Mercedes decided independently to commit massive emissions fraud? Unlikely. The PR is terrible and look at the direct cost.
Our Touareg ran bluetec also. That wasnt the issue with it. They just fixed the software and we kept driving it. It took an hour. On Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 6:48 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > No, the testing is supposed to be done with exactly the same operational > parameters in the computers as real world driving conditions. > > The fine is for writing software that figured out when the vehicle was > being emission tested and using DIFFERENT operational parameters in order > to meet the test. > > Of course it didn't when run on the road, it wasn't intended to. > > The law is quite specific about this. > > VW decided to cheat instead of using BlueTec technology, and got caught.. > Seems Daimler did something similar, although it doesn't seem to have been > so egregious. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
