[–] ShinyVoater 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
They got away with it for six years which, considering there are sneaky sons of bitches who are testing tailpipe emissions for some reason, is a pretty good run. You'd probably have to know who's trying to test your emissions and how they're going about it to do better.
[–] CTZN5 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
I expect all that's happened is VW has made sure the regen cycle will not occur during the EPA test, which would cause random erroneous test failure relative to the car's actual average emissions.
More on this here https://twitter.com/CTZN5/status/645120962606661632
edit: Followup here [https://twitter.com/CTZN5/status/645270889341153281] after I'd read the WVU study that triggered the EPA investigation.
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[–] openionatedgent 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
With newer cars they just plug in to the car and read it's data on emissions and do a gas cap pressure test I'm pretty sure. That's how it was in Atlanta.
[–] 404_SLEEP_NOT_FOUND 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
See this is why companies hate whistle blowers. If they had just kept their mouth shut, this would have never happened.
[–] moneyshift ago
Can't read the article because regwall but since when is the White House the EPA's errand boy?